cmd after createdb command with postgresql - postgresql

Question

I just installed ubuntu 14.04 and i'm trying to learn about creating databases using postgresql but i can't even create a simple testing table. I'm checking guides for about 3 hours now on how to start but with my little knowledge about ubuntu i don't understand much and thats why i try asking here. I will write the steps i follow because i'm not sure where the mistake is. I installed postgresql using the commands
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
After that i use
sudo -i -u postgres
to log in to the autocreated user account postgres and then
psql
to be able to interact with the db management system.
After that i write
createdb testingdb
in order to make the first step and then \l to check if it is created but the outcome of \l is a list of 3 databases (3 rows postgres template0 template 1) without the testingdb being there. Also at this point the cmd is frozen and looks likes this
the list of the 3 databases
(3 rows)
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Any hint will be really helpfull.

Answer 1

I think you're mixing two separate ways of creating a database:
Method 1
psql #(Type this on the shell prompt)
CREATE DATABASE testingdb;
\c testingdb
CREATE TABLE tbl1(a INT);
\q
Method 2
createdb testingdb #(Again, type this on the shell prompt, not inside psql!)
psql testingdb
CREATE TABLE tbl1(a INT);
\q
The last bit about stuck prompt, is because you probably are inside the psql prompt, and to come back to the shell prompt, you need to type \q (or Control-d).