Hi Arbol, Hope above response from Usman must have resolved your issue. You may also try by finding any binary of PostgreSQL. e.g.
find /usr -name pg_ctl /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl /usr/lib/postgresql/16/bin/pg_ctl Regards, Ikram On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 9:33 AM Muhammad Usman Khan <usma...@bitnine.net> wrote: > Hi Arbol, > > You can try from the following commands: > > dpkg-query -L postgresql-16 > which psql > sudo find / -name "postgres" 2>/dev/null > > On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 at 05:35, Arbol One <arbol...@hotmail.ca> wrote: > >> After installing PostgreSQL on my Debian-12 machine, I typed 'postgres >> --version' and got this msg: >> *bash: postgres: command not found* >> >> 'psql --version', however, does work and gives me this message : >> >> *psql (PostgreSQL) 16.3 (Debian 16.3-1.pgdg120+1)* >> >> Obviously postgres is not in the path, but I don't know where the >> 'apt-get' installed it or why it did not add it to the path. >> >> Is there a way I can locate the installation directory? >> >> Thank in advance. >> -- >> *ArbolOne.ca* Using Fire Fox and Thunderbird. ArbolOne is composed of >> students and volunteers dedicated to providing free services to charitable >> organizations. ArbolOne on Java Development is in progress [ í ] >> > -- Muhammad Ikram
