postgresql configuration failed: /etc/postgresql folder is empty

Question

Followed instructions in: postgresql install which ends with the statement:

The database service is automatically configured with viable defaults, but can be customised based on your specific needs.

However it was not at all functional.

tried following several tutorials for example 1 example 2all offering the same thing:

All ending with the assumptions that:

This is not the case /etc/postgresql/ is empty service is doing nothing

In wsl2 Ubuntu: 24.04 Postgresql: 17

Edit: Uninstalled, and re-installed postgresql 16 worked

Postgresql-17 is not offered in the standard Ubuntu 24.04 repos. Did you use a PPA to get it? — ubfan1
– ubfan1, Commented Feb 6, 2025 at 16:28
@ubfan1 no PPA (don't know what it is). Installed pgAdmin4, should it make a difference ? It didn't work "out-of-the-box". At one point I purged the packages and re-installed with 17 — shlomoa
– shlomoa, Commented Feb 9, 2025 at 7:05
You can answer your own question, and after a bit, mark it as "accepted". This helps others and you gain some reputation in the process. — ubfan1
– ubfan1, Commented Feb 11, 2025 at 4:31

shlomoa · Accepted Answer · 2025-03-06 17:22:15Z

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At the time of the post postgresql-17 was not in the standard ubuntu 24.04 repo as @ubfan1 mentioned

answered Mar 6, 2025 at 17:22

shlomoa

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