[GENERAL] Is postgres installed?
Hi, How I know whether Postgres is already installed or not on a machine(on Linux and Windows)? I found that pg_ctl --version could be used or I also tried to check into the registry (for windows HKLM\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations), however with Windows Server 2003 pg_ctl is not recognized (probably not in the path) and the registries are not written (nothing appears under HKLM\SOFTWARE\) Is there another check I can do? Thanks Christophe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] Is postgres installed?
What about searching your hard drive for pg_ctl.exe? RobR -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] Is postgres installed?
On 21/05/2010 14:43, christophe.an...@elsys-design.com wrote: > How I know whether Postgres is already installed or not on a machine(on > Linux and Windows)? > I found that pg_ctl --version could be used or I also tried to check into > the registry (for windows HKLM\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations), however > with Windows Server 2003 pg_ctl is not recognized (probably not in the > path) and the registries are not written (nothing appears under > HKLM\SOFTWARE\) On Windows, you could just have a look in c:\program files\postgresql. There are usually some items in the Start Menu also. On Linux, you'll see if it's actually running by doing ps ax | grep postgres or the like... If it's not running, where you'd look for the files varies from one distro to another, but using "find" should throw up some of them. Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland r...@iol.ie -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] Is postgres installed?
On 21/05/2010 9:43 PM, christophe.an...@elsys-design.com wrote: Hi, How I know whether Postgres is already installed or not on a machine(on Linux and Windows)? I found that pg_ctl --version could be used Only if PostgreSQL's binary directory is on the PATH, which it may not be especially on Windows. There's no reliable way to detect a PostgreSQL install on UNIX/Linux/BSD either. You can look for pg_ctl on the path and tell the user that the pg_ctl for the postgresql install they want to use simply must be on the path. However, some Linux flavours support parallel installation of multiple versions of PostgreSQL (and multiple clusters for a given version), and will *not* have pg_ctl on the path for versions of PostgreSQL installed on the system. On Ubuntu/Debian you'll only find `pg_ctlcluster', which is a pg_ctl wrapper that takes additional 'version' and 'cluster' arguments. On these systems you can use pg_lsclusters to find PostgreSQL clusters. Alternately, you could simply require the user to set up the PATH manually, eg PATH=/usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin:$PATH ./yourprogram which will work anywhere and everywhere there's a Pg install. or I also tried to check into the registry (for windows HKLM\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations), however with Windows Server 2003 pg_ctl is not recognized (probably not in the path) and the registries are not written (nothing appears under HKLM\SOFTWARE\) How was Pg installed? Using which installer package? Here (Vista, XP and Windows 7) Pg appears under HKLM\Software\Postgresql\Installations\postgresql-8.4 as installed by the EnterpriseDB "one-click" installer. If you "installed" Pg from the zip file, there's no real way to figure out if it's installed except checking the PATH for pg_ctl.exe or checking the running process list for postgres.exe . Both are fallible - the former if pg_ctl isn't on the path, the latter if PostgreSQL is installed but not currently running. -- Craig Ringer -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
[GENERAL] Is postgres installed by default in Fedora Core 5 ??
Is postgres installed by default in Fedora Core 5 ?? - Sandeep Kumar Jakkaraju
Re: [GENERAL] Is postgres installed by default in Fedora Core 5 ??
On 10/27/06, Sandeep Kumar Jakkaraju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is postgres installed by default in Fedora Core 5 ?? - Sandeep Kumar Jakkaraju I know that there are Fedora 5 RPM's for postgresql, that you can easily install via yum or your favorite install method. It's *probably* included among the applications you can install during the Fedora installation process itself. To install the client and server packages via yum, you would do: yum install postgresql postgresql-serverCheers,-- Wes SheldahlSheldahl Consulting LLChttp://www.sheldahlconsulting.comPhone: 859-338-3349 Fax: 866-387-4484[EMAIL PROTECTED]
