Trying to install postgreSQL, and looks liked I have messed something up. I first delete postgres using commands below.
[ec2-user@ip-10-183-130-45 /]$ rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/data
[ec2-user@ip-10-183-130-45 /]$ sudo rm -rf /var/pgsql
then try initdb, which for some reason fails,
[ec2-user@ip-10-183-130-45 /]$ sudo service postgresql initdb
Initializing database: [FAILED]
but when I check though, the initdb does create pgsql folder,
[ec2-user@ip-10-183-130-45 var]$ ls -l
total 80
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 9 2013 account
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 18 09:54 cache
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 9 2013 db
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 9 2013 empty
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 8 06:34 ftp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2012 games
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Oct 14 07:34 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2012 local
drwxrwxr-x 5 root lock 4096 Jan 21 04:36 lock
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jan 21 09:31 log
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 9 2013 mail -> spool/mail
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2012 nis
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2012 opt
**drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 4096 Jan 21 13:26 pgsql**
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2012 preserve
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 14 2013 racoon
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Jan 21 13:23 run
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 May 9 2013 spool
drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 4096 Jan 20 06:00 tmp
drwxrwsr-x 7 root www 4096 Nov 17 14:38 www
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 2012 yp
so I try to start the postgresql, which fails too
[ec2-user@ip-10-183-130-45 var]$ sudo service postgresql start
/var/pgsql is missing. Use "service postgresql initdb" to initialize
the cluster first.
[FAILED]
Can someone help, ID what I am doing wrong? Using postgresql-9.2-1.19.
Try:
sudo yum remove postgresql postgresql-server
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/psql
sudo yum install postgresql postgresql-server
I think there is a misunderstanding. Did you say that you deleted some postgres files, and then are wondering why it doesn't work?
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