testing.postgresql not working

[Emmanuel Oloyede]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Oloyede Emmanuel\Documents\Hook\tests.py", line 42, in setUp
with testing.postgresql.Postgresql() as postgresql:
File "C:\Users\Oloyede Emmanuel\Documents\Hook\env\lib\site-packages\testing\common\database.py", line 92, in init
self.initialize()
File "C:\Users\Oloyede Emmanuel\Documents\Hook\env\lib\site-packages\testing\postgresql.py", line 50, in initialize
self.initdb = find_program('initdb', ['bin'])
File "C:\Users\Oloyede Emmanuel\Documents\Hook\env\lib\site-packages\testing\postgresql.py", line 144, in find_program
raise RuntimeError("command not found: %s" % name)
RuntimeError: command not found: initdb

[James Adams]

I don't think this is a bug with this package. I have seen this before and fixed it by making sure that I had all the necessary PostgreSQL packages installed and then making sure that the path to initdb is included in the PATH environment variable.

$ sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin

[Hugo Luis Villalobos Canto]

I have PostgreSQL running, but I get the same error when trying to use testing.postgresql. Actually, the tests pass when I use the regural PostgreSQL database, but fail when trying to use the library.

[Akiva Wolberg]

It seems to have to do with Windows administrator permissions too, even if you have PostgreSQL installed and on your path: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70249381/python-testing-postgresql-error-the-program-postgres-is-needed-by-initdb