On Feb 8, 2008 5:54 PM, Kasia Tuszynska <ktuszynska@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > I would like to install Postgresql 8.2.4 or Postgresql 8.3 on both > solaris 10 and suse10. Sun makes packages of postgresql available. Do a search for postgresql on the sun.com site. Last I checked it was in the top 10. > On the postgres site I found rpms to install on red hat and fedora, but > not for the os' above. Yeah, that's to be expected. > Does that mean that in order to install on either solaris or suse I : > 1. need to install from source For Suse, probably if you want to keep up to date. > 2. can use the red hat rpms Nope. > Is there some magic rpm source I am missing? Or should I just install > from source? Honestly, on a db only server it's not an entirely crazy idea. About 2/3 of all pgsql servers I've set up have been source builds for various reasons. Just create a conf.local file that's a sh script with all your options and put that script into source repo, and if you need ot build a new server you just need that and a .tar.gz file. Dead simple. If you want multiple versions just use --prefix to put each in a different directory and set a lib path for each env before starting. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
