I just install it as my own user on my laptop... I usually do something like ./configure --prefix=/Users/myaccount/pgsql make && make install
then cd ~/ pgsql/bin/initdb -D /Users/myaccount/pgsql/data pgsql/bin/pg_ctl _D /Users/myaccount/pgsql/data start and I'm off to the races ;-) Good luck! On 10/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, I am a newbie for pgsql and tried to install it on my MacBookPro > Intel. I got everything correct until creating the user: postgres and > initdb, then the error message showed up for running the db. How to fix the > problem? > > LizheXusComputer:/Users/lizhexu pgsql$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D > /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 & > [1] 17837 > LizheXusComputer:/Users/lizhexu pgsql$ su: logfile: Permission denied > > [1]+ Exit 1 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D > /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 > LizheXusComputer:/Users/lizhexu pgsql$ su lizhexu > Password: > LizheXusComputer:~ lizhexu$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D > /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 & > [1] 17842 > LizheXusComputer:~ lizhexu$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test > createdb: could not connect to database postgres: could not connect to > server: No such file or directory > Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > [1]+ Exit 2 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D > /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 > > > Thank you very much. > > > L > >
