[lug] Postgresql

[Pedersen, Michael J]

I don't have anything useful to send to this, so I will simply ask questions
which may help others steer you properly:

Which version of linux are you using (ie: RedHat 6.1, Slackware 7.0, etc)?

What steps did you take to install PostgreSQL (ie: downloaded from here, ran
this installer, etc)?

Which version of PostgreSQL did you install?  If that is unknown, then what
was the name of the file you downloaded to install?  Or did it come with
your linux cds?

What troubleshooting have you done so far (you don't have to have done any,
but knowing what steps you've taken would help)?

Have you tried reading through the relevant How-To to see if it will help?
The latest version is at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html

Now, having asked those questions, and probably made you think some awful
things about this, I need to say this: We were all totally new to these
things at one point or another.  And none of us knows it all.  As long as
you're willing to hang in there and learn, you'll be able to pick it up, and
eventually instead of asking for advice, you'll be giving it out.  Just a
little patience is all it'll take.

Good luck, and keep asking questions. I know I'll try and help out where
possible.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy W. Porter [mailto:ka8cpo at glasscity.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 11:54 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] Postgresql
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 	Can someone help me?  I am relatively new to Linux.  I 
> have a single
> computer up and running.  I can print, mount various devices 
> etc.  I have
> tried unsuccessfully to make Postgresql work.  I have gotten 
> a variety of
> error messages.  Is the Postmaster running Unix Socket 5432.  
> Postgres does
> not know where the data base is.  I have tried to create my 
> on database
> with much the same results.  Where is the database that it is 
> looking for.
> Perhaps I do not have enough base information to even have a 
> handle on the
> situation.  I found a set of instructions on how to install 
> Postgresql.  I
> tried to follow those instructions and was greated with is 
> the postmaster
> running Unix Socket 5432.  Where is this and how do I 
> configure it.  I have
> chased my tail aroung in circles looking for a way to correc the error
> messaes with no avail.  Is there any help for me or am I 
> trying to bite off
> more than I can chew with my limited knowledge?
> 	Thank you to any one who can steer me in to the proper 
> direction.
> 
> Tim Porter.
> 
> 
> 
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