"G. Anthony Reina" wrote:
> Usually Postgres is not installed under /var/lib. It looks like your
> error is occurring because your system is trying to find Postgres there.
> Unless you changed the destination directory (i.e. configure
> --prefix=/var/lib), it should be all under /usr/local/pgsql.
Which the RedHat RPMS HAVE done.
Under RedHat any version (and 6.0):
su postgres
cd /var/lib/pgsql
initdb --pglib=/usr/lib/pgsql --pgdata=/var/lib/pgsql
su back to root and start postmaster.
RedHat placed it there for various reasons -- read my pages on this
subject on http://www.ramifordistat.net/postgres
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
