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  1. #1
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    No postgresql configuration directory

    Hi guys,

    I'm trying to install postgresql 8.4 on ubuntu server 9.10, simply by running apt-get install postgresql. All fine and apt get succeeds, but there's a slight problem:

    There is no configuration directory created with the postgresql config files. /etc/postgresql does not exists, only /etc/postgresql-common, but it doesn't contain the config files.

    The only files I can find are the sample files in /usr/share/postgresql/8.4, but I don't think I should mess with because I believe it contains markers for automatic config file building.

    I've tried the following:
    dpkg-reconfigure postgresql
    No result

    When I try to start psql I get the following error:
    Code:
    postgres@ct143:/etc/postgresql-common$ psql
    psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
    	Is the server running locally and accepting
    	connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
    Which, according to the documentation, means it tries to connect to the server through TCP/IP, but the server probably doesn't accept TCP/IP connections. But I also can't find a postmaster/postgresql process running anywhere.

    Anyone an idea?
    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: No postgresql configuration directory

    What is the output of:
    Code:
    aptitude search postgresql|grep ^i
    and
    Code:
    sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 restart

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    Re: No postgresql configuration directory

    Here it is:

    Code:
    root@ct143:/etc/postgresql-common$ aptitude search postgresql|grep ^i
    i   postgresql-8.4                  - object-relational SQL database, version 8.
    i A postgresql-client-8.4           - front-end programs for PostgreSQL 8.4     
    i A postgresql-client-common        - manager for multiple PostgreSQL client ver
    i A postgresql-common               - PostgreSQL database-cluster manager       
    root@ct143:/etc/postgresql-common# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 restart
    root@ct143:/etc/postgresql-common#

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    Re: No postgresql configuration directory

    Let's try a reinstall; something is definitely not right.
    Code:
    sudo aptitude purge postgresql postgresql-8.4 postgresql-common
    sudo aptitude install postgresql
    Post the output if that doesn't fix it.

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    Re: No postgresql configuration directory

    If you're getting some perl errors during install like this:
    Code:
    perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
    perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
            LANGUAGE = (unset),
            LC_ALL = (unset),
            LANG = "pl_PL.UTF-8"
        are supported and installed on your system.
    perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
    locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
    locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
    locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
    Try:
    Code:
    LC_ALL="C" sudo aptitude install postgresql

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    Re: No postgresql configuration directory

    Quote Originally Posted by lykwydchykyn View Post
    Let's try a reinstall; something is definitely not right.
    Code:
    sudo aptitude purge postgresql postgresql-8.4 postgresql-common
    sudo aptitude install postgresql
    Post the output if that doesn't fix it.
    This did the trick (I didn't purged postgresql-common, only had reinstalled postgresql)

    @Above, the first install did have those messages, later I build the locales which made them disappear.

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