I prefer Debian packages wherever possible. That will provide you with the easiest manageability in the long run for maintaining updates. It's hard to beat "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get autoclean" as a complete patch script. However, keep in mind that Debian Sarge (stable) is currently at PostgreSQL 7.3. If you're running Sarge, you'll either have to add Etch (testing) repositories or download the PostgreSQL packages from Etch repositories. Since Etch is nearing release (which could mean anything in the Debian world) I suspect you won't have any major problems even if you do this. -- Brandon Aiken CS/IT Systems Engineer -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of nuggets72@xxxxxxx Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:26 AM To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GENERAL] Installation with sources or with packages Hello, I need install postgresql 8.X.X on my debian host. But someone says me I should use sources files for the install and other one says me I should use debian package. Does anybody have some "theory" or opinion about the installation of postgresql by sources or debian package ? What's the most reliable/best solution to install AND UPDATE the sgbdr during his all life ? thanks for your help. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
