Hi,
If I use the apt-get facility on Ubuntu is that supposed to get the
appropriate postgres version for my OS setup (i.e. 64-bit and Python 2.6) ?
Because I think I have done that already and it didn't solve my problem,
but I will try again now (first uninstalling the current pg version).
T
On 23/06/2010 10:01, Dave Page wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Tom Wilcox<hungrytom@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have not used python2.3 on this machine at all (to my knowledge). It is a
>> fresh install of the latest Ubuntu 64 which comes with Python 2.6 and 3.1.
>>
>> The build I want to run is the 64-bit PostgreSQL download for Linux x86-64
>> from Entreprise DB (http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do) as I
>> don't know how else to ensure that the build I am installing is a 64-bit
>> version of PostgreSQL (I want to use>4GB of RAM in one session).
>>
>> Is the best way to ensure compatibility for me to build from source?
>>
> If you want it to use the version of Python installed with your OS,
> then you should just use the OS packages. The installer needs to run
> on a wide variety of distros, so is built on a much older platform
> which happens to have Python 2.3.
>
> FYI, the 9.0 installers are being built against ActiveState's Perl,
> Python and TCL distros, so it will be easier to use those PLs in the
> future.
>
>