Mogin Mohandas wrote:
> Hi again
> I just wanted to know for extending the database, is it
> better to install postgres from a pre-installed package or source. I
> have installed ubuntu and was trying to install from source. Please
> give me some opinions.
It depends on what you mean by Extend. If you mean adding contrib
modules, custom functions etc... then just make sure that you have all
of postgresql installed...
libecpg-dev - development files for ECPG (Embedded PostgreSQL for C)
libecpg4 - run-time library for ECPG programs
libpq3 - PostgreSQL C client library
postgresql - object-relational SQL database management system
postgresql-client - front-end programs for PostgreSQL
postgresql-dev - development files for libpq (PostgreSQL library)
postgresql-doc - documentation for the PostgreSQL database management
> Thank you
> Mogin
>
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