Jerry thanks for the info below. Now I am more confused.
I installed the three packackages , pgaccess , postgress and pg_iface.
ALL form the suse 6.0 distro.
However the suse distro changes all the paths and install direcories.
This coupled with your statement below refrencing sections 14 and 15 realy
have me confuesed.
I assume (correct me if I am wronng) that the suse distro install the
binary version opf postgress RIGHT ?
My postrgess install notes (/doc/packages.postg\res/install) makes
refrences to compiling a whole bunch of stuff in sections 14 and 15
Am I missing a set of instructions on how to set up and configure postgress
from the suse distrop , as this is diffrent from looking at the files that
are in the directories.
What need to be done , and how , with which files. I assume that I don't
need to recompile , as usualythe suse distros put binaries RIGHT ?
If any of you could give simple step by step instructions I would realy
appreciate it , as I am realy confused now.
Thanks
Samy
>I'll assume a standard installation for postgres, pgaccess and pg_iface
>The documentation for all the packages are in the the appropriate
>subdirectory of:
> /usr/doc/packages/
>Under it you will find /posgres, /pg_iface, /pgaccess and /mpsql.
>Under the postgres directory is the /html directory. Loading the
>index.html and selecting the "Installation" URL, you can go to chapter
>3, "Installation:. Step 14 and 15 are very important, but rather than
>putting the stuff (if the install didn't already do it) in
>~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile, put it in /etc/profile.
>In /etc/profile you can put
>PGLIB=/usr/lib/pgsql/lib
>PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/data
>export PGLIB
>export PGDATA
>
>in the 'for DIR' loop insert somewhere:
> /usr/lib/pgsql/lib \
> /usr/lib/pgsql/bin \
> /var/lib/pgsql/data \
>
>These settings let PostgreSQL know here it's libraries were installed
>and where the data is located.
>If the boot process doesn't already install the PostgreSQL deamon,
>postmaster, then you need to fire it up with the -i argument from the
>postgres account using:
> postmaster -i >>~/server.log 2>&1 &
>
>The chapter 3 gives other techniques and switches for the postmaster,
>especially page 13 which gives a method of installing postmaster via
>inittab in a way that causes it to respawn if it get closed down for any
>reason. I chose not to use that method. I want to control when it
>starts and when it stops. I don't want it running if I am not using it.
>Like any good Linux user you will want to read through the documentation
>once before you start messing around. Also, once you get it installed,
>going through the tutorial, which features psql, is a very good idea.
>Also, after installing pgaccess, when you fire it up it will ask for a
>hostname, a user name, and a database. If you followed the tutorial
>then you already have an account (created from the template1 account)
>that contains the 'weather' database and some data in it.
>JLK
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