PostgreSQL on Azure Linux VM - Command Not Found-CodePudding

I setup a Ubuntu Linux server on an Azure VM and installed PostgreSQL 12. To access the server, I am using Putty to SSH in and execute commands. However, I keep encountering the error command not found for various commands. In an attempt to get this to work, I use sudo in front of the command, but that is when it prompts me for the password of postgres. Reading online it looks like this is a password that should not be unlocked. I believe my issue is related to permissions of my admindj user that I setup, but with both Linux and PostgreSQL being brand new to me I am slightly struggling to wrap my head around how would I grant this access if that even is the true issue.

CodePudding user response：

you can try to find the location of pg_controldata by :

find /usr/lib -name pg_controldata

It can give something like

/usr/lib/postgres/12/bin/pg_controldata

Then you can put in your $HOME/.bashrc :

PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/postgres/12/bin

And restart a new bash session, you will have access to pg_controldata

You may need to add in your $HOME/.bash_profile

source $HOME/.bashrc