Comments on: Install PostgreSQL 8.4 Database Server on CentOS, Fedora, Red Hat

By: dali

dali — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:49:03 +0000

no problem at all , postgres is the account under it postmaster is running.

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:27:12 +0000

GREAT!!!!! THANKS THANKS THANKS

By: ravindra

ravindra — Fri, 06 May 2011 07:51:18 +0000

hi jr i am stuck..
when trying to change to postgres i am getting
bash 3.2$

whats the problem???
though there is user created in /etc/passwd as postgres by default
please help me out

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By: JR

JR — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:26:03 +0000

Hi Stephen,

Actually pgsqlrmps not working with RHEL 6 so try pgrpms, install following instead:

rpm -Uvh http://yum.pgrpms.org/reporpms/8.4/pgdg-redhat-8.4-2.noarch.rpm

And then continue installation procedure normally. I updated this guide to use pgrpms.org…

By: Stephen Hoffmann

Stephen Hoffmann — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:52:41 +0000

On RHEL 6, I am getting this after adding your repo successfully.

http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/8.4/redhat/rhel-6Server-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 : http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/8.4/redhat/rhel-6Server-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: pgdg84. Please verify its path and try again

By: JR

JR — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:07:50 +0000

Okey you don’t have /etc/sysconfig/network file. Is your network working normally?

You could create /etc/sysconfig/network file with following command (as root):

echo "NETWORKING=yes" > /etc/sysconfig/network

Then try again and see what happens?

Btw. I wonder just why you’ve installed Fedora 12 distro a few days ago? Fedora 14 is coming very soon.

By: sankar

sankar — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:48:38 +0000

Hi,
Yes i am running those command from root

[root@localhost Sankar]# service postgresql initdb
/etc/init.d/postgresql: line 24: /etc/sysconfig/network: No such file or directory

[root@localhost Sankar]# ls -la /etc/sysconfig/network
ls: cannot access /etc/sysconfig/network: No such file or directory

[root@localhost Sankar]#

please help i am stuck!!
with regards………

By: JR

JR — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:04:03 +0000

Hi sankar,

Are you running service postgresql initdb command as root?

Could you post following command output:

ls -la /etc/sysconfig/network

By: sankar

sankar — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:11:07 +0000

Hi
i have followed your guide and installed the pgsql. i am using fedora 12.
i have done the following

# rpm -Uvh http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/reporpms/8.4/pgdg-fedora-8.4-2.noarch.rpm
# yum install postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib

but when i run the below command i get the error like
# service postgresql initdb

the error i get
/etc/init.d/postgresql: line 24: /etc/sysconfig/network: No such file or directory

i have just started learning linux 2 days ago so i have no idea how do i solve problem. please guide me to fix it

By: JR

JR — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:00:17 +0000

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the tip!

I added it in the guide.

By: Patrick Balm

Patrick Balm — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:15:41 +0000

I would like to recommend to also install the contrib libraries (for VACUUMing etc),
since v8.2 it is a separate package (postgresql84-contrib)

yum install postgresql84 postgresql84-server postgresql84-contrib

/patrick

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By: JR

JR — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:34:18 +0000

Hi Nick,

Thans for the correction!

Updated guide again… :)

By: Nick Aubert

Nick Aubert — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:43:33 +0000

Another typo that got me, because I was copy-n-pasting. That should be

listen_addresses = ‘*’

*not*

listen_addressses = ‘*’

Count the S’s

By: JR

JR — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:52:55 +0000

Ok, I do not have Fedora 11 now, but then try simple something like following (as root):

/sbin/iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 5432 -j ACCEPT
## OR ##
/sbin/iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport postgres -j ACCEPT

Save rules (as root):

/sbin/service iptables save

By: Andrus

Andrus — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:47:00 +0000

[root@server /etc]# ls /etc/ipt*
ls: cannot access /etc/ipt*: No such file or directory

There is no to /etc/iptables.up.rules in Fedora 11

By: JR

JR — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:02:14 +0000

Yes you’re right, it’s typo.

I fix it to guide.

Thanks!

By: JR

JR — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:00:43 +0000

In Fedora 11 try add configurations to /etc/iptables.up.rules file.

It is difficult to say anything about network configuration without seeing it.