Обсуждение: PG on Suse
Hi all, I'm not a Linux Guru and I'm trying to install PG 7.1.3 on Suse 7.2. Unfortunately SuSe has not prepared a packet yet and the last Suse version is 7.0.3. In any case, I have some questions to do a good job. 1) Is it better to install from source or from SRPM ? 2) Where have I to put the binaries and data ? I know the default are: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/ and /usr/local/pgsql/data/ but SUSE use /usr/bin/ and /var/lib/pgsql/data. 3) Can I make a simple ./configure or is better to use any command line options? 4) To start postgres at system startup can I mantain the postgres Suse script for the 7.0.3. version or I have to make a script by myself? 5) If now I install PG from source, do I need to reinstall PG when Suse releases the upgrade ? Thanks in advance for your help. -------------------------------------------------- FABIO SERRA - faser(at)faser.net PGP available --------------------------------------------------
>1) Is it better to install from source or from SRPM ? Compile manually. reason: up to date. >2) Where have I to put the binaries and data ? >I know the default are: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/ and /usr/local/pgsql/data/ >but SUSE use /usr/bin/ and /var/lib/pgsql/data. just leave the defaults of the Postgresql-tarball (=/usr/local/pgsql/) >3) Can I make a simple ./configure or is better to use any command line >options? If you don't need native Perl or whateve rinterfaces, SSL, ... you can run a simple ./configure (/usr/local/pgsql/ will be the destination) >4) To start postgres at system startup can I mantain the postgres Suse >script for the 7.0.3. version or I have to make a script by myself? Have a look at contrib/start-scripts/ in the source-tarball. >5) If now I install PG from source, do I need to reinstall PG when Suse >releases the upgrade ? >Thanks in advance for your help. if you don't have the old SuSE package installed, just don't do anything. Keep upgrading manually (ie: compile, if you find an upgrade necessary) Stefan -- Wohlstand ist, wenn die Menschen mehr Uhren haben, als Zeit.
Fabio Serra wrote: > Hi all, > I'm not a Linux Guru and I'm trying to install PG 7.1.3 on Suse 7.2. > Unfortunately SuSe has not prepared a packet yet and the last Suse > version is 7.0.3. > In any case, I have some questions to do a good job. > > 1) Is it better to install from source or from SRPM ? Why a SRPM when one can get a tarball on an PostgreSQL mirror site? > 2) Where have I to put the binaries and data ? > I know the default are: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/ and /usr/local/pgsql/data/ > but SUSE use /usr/bin/ and /var/lib/pgsql/data. With a source tarball, you may put binaries and data where you want. On my Linux box, running SuSE 7.2 with PostgreSQL 7.1.3, I put PostgreSQL in /usr/local/pgsql, and data in /data/pgsql. /data is a big partition with only data for several packages. But you can choose to install binaries an data in a same directory of your choice. > 3) Can I make a simple ./configure or is better to use any command line > options? To know all available options : ./configure -help | less To compile, I used : ./configure --enable-locale --enable-odbc --with-CXX --with-gnu-ld --enable-syslog but it is only an example; > 4) To start postgres at system startup can I mantain the postgres Suse > script for the 7.0.3. version or I have to make a script by myself? > 5) If now I install PG from source, do I need to reinstall PG when Suse > releases the upgrade ? If PostgreSQL is not installed from a SuSE RPM, an upgrade will not change a source installation. > Thanks in advance for your help. > -------------------------------------------------- > FABIO SERRA - faser(at)faser.net > PGP available > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org > -- Jean-Michel Chabanne 77450 MONTRY (FRANCE) 48" 54' N - 2" 49' E Powered by Linux