Postgresql -bash: psql: command not found
export PATH=/usr/pgsql-9.2/bin:$PATH
The program executable psql
is in the directory /usr/pgsql-9.2/bin
, and that directory is not included in the path by default, so we have to tell our shell (terminal) program where to find psql
. When most packages are installed, they are added to an existing path, such as /usr/local/bin
, but not this program.
So we have to add the program's path to the shell PATH variable if we do not want to have to type the complete path to the program every time we execute it.
This line should typically be added to theshell startup script, which for the bash shell will be in the file ~/.bashrc
.
perhaps psql isn't in the PATH
of the postgres user. Use the locate command to find where psql is and ensure that it's path is in the PATH
for the postgres user.
It can be due to psql not being in PATH
$ locate psql
/usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/psql
Then create a link in /usr/bin
ln -s /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/psql /usr/bin/psql
Then try to execute psql it should work.