maybe i misworded my problem. i am looking for the possibility to install a psql client (without a server) out of the sources. my usecase is: one server with a postgresql-server (self compiled) and several workstations with psql-clients, also preferred self compiled. i know that is possible to compile at every workstation the sourcecode of the server to get a psql-client. but the side effect is, that in this case i have a potential server at every workstation and in my opinion that is a very large footprint. i have to compile psql for myself because otherwise (installing binaries with packaging tools) i have no (or minimal) control about the version of the client. i think that is a use case which can be applied to the needs of many people (for example: oracle offers also client-only-packages which are containing sql+, ...) hoping for a solution christian > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Tomasz Ostrowski [mailto:tometzky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. August 2008 08:47 > An: Strobl, Christian > Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: looking for psql without server-installation > > On 2008-08-06 17:38, Christian.Strobl@xxxxxx wrote: > > what is the best way to get a psql-client at a linux system without > > the need of a server. > > On Fedora/RedHat/CentOS or other yum based distribution: > # yum install postgresql > > For Debian/Ubuntu or other dpkg based distribution I think it will be: > # dpkg --install postgresql-client > But I do not use Debian, so I can be wrong. > > It does not have to be the same version as the server, so > don't compile it yourself. > > Regards > Tometzky > -- > ...although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there > was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better > than when you were... > Winnie the Pooh >
