Postgresql 8.0.5 has been successfully installed in Ubuntu 10 . thank you to all > > second line should be > > sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev > > of course. unless you're logged in as root. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> Not from a package. I don't think any recent distros have a repo with >> 8.0 in it, so you'll have to build from source. HOWEVER, building >> from source is REAL easy with postgresql. >> >> sudo apt-get install build-essential # ubuntu build tools >> apt-get install libreadline-dev # used by pgsql to have an editable >> command line >> tar xvzf postgresql-8.0.26.tar.gz >> cd postgresql-8.0.26 >> ./configure --prefix=/opt/postgres # or wherever you want pg to install >> make >> sudo make install >> >> tada! source install. Note that you might need whatever tools you >> use to build software on your distro. On Ubuntu it's called >> build-essential not sure what it's called on other distros. >> >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:19 AM, whashim@xxxxxxxxx <whashim@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> I believe the software can work with any postgresql 8.0.* . It is >>> possible >>> to install pg 8.0 in current release of linux? >>> >>> Sent from my HTC >>> >>> >>> ----- Reply message ----- >>> From: "Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> >>> To: "Wan Hashim" <whashim@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Cc: "Adrian Klaver" <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx>, >>> <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Subject: Installing Postgress 8.0.5 in Ubuntu 10.12 >>> Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 11:44 am >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Wan Hashim <whashim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> our legacy system required postgresql 8.0 to run. we are in the >>>> process of upgrading the application and database. >>>> we must have postgresql 8.8 to keep the system running at this moment . >>>> if possible , we want to run in Ubuntu 12. we can consider older >>>> version of OS if it can help . >>> >>> If you can at least look at going to 8.0.26. there's almost 5 year of >>> bug fixes in 8.0.26 missing frm 8.0.5, many of them data corruption >>> bugs you really don't want to run into. >> >> >> >> -- >> To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. > > > > -- > To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. -- Regards; Wan Mohd Hashim Wan Yusoff Object Expression Sdn Bhd 9-2, Jalan BPP 5/3, Pusat Bandar Putra Permai Seri Kembangan Selangor Tel : 03 8940 8385 Fax: 03 5021 9071 Mobile : 012 2055184 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general