Installing the latest 8.1.1 rpms question.

Jerry LeVan wrote:

Hi,

I just downloaded the 8.1.1 rpms for FC4 from postgresql.org.

It appears that removing the existing rpms will require also
removing a number of dependencies. (That what Synaptics asserts...)

Is it possible to use a "rpm -Uvh *" to overwrite the existing
8.1.0 rpms from postgresql.org? and not have to reload all of
the other bits and pieces?

That should work just fine. You shouldn't need to dump/reload either,
although I always do where possible.

Don't forget when 8.2 comes out and you want to upgrade you will NEED to
pg_dump your data first and then restore it.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

On Dec 14, 2005, at 3:15 AM, Richard Huxton wrote:

Jerry LeVan wrote:

Hi,
I just downloaded the 8.1.1 rpms for FC4 from postgresql.org.
It appears that removing the existing rpms will require also
removing a number of dependencies. (That what Synaptics asserts...)
Is it possible to use a "rpm -Uvh *" to overwrite the existing
8.1.0 rpms from postgresql.org? and not have to reload all of
the other bits and pieces?

That should work just fine. You shouldn't need to dump/reload
either, although I always do where possible.

Don't forget when 8.2 comes out and you want to upgrade you will
NEED to pg_dump your data first and then restore it.

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

Oh well, I chickened out and rm'ed the existing rpms and noted which
dependencies were
deleted via pencil and paper.

I then installed the new rpms and reinstalled the previous dependencies.

I think it probably took less time to build and install from source
on my mac than
going with the rpm route :)

Thanks,

Jerry

Hi,

On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 08:16 -0500, Jerry LeVan wrote:

Oh well, I chickened out and rm'ed the existing rpms and noted which
dependencies were deleted via pencil and paper.

I then installed the new rpms and reinstalled the previous dependencies.

Why didn't you use rpm -Uvh? That would for for 8.1.0-8.1.1 upgrade.

Also I'd not use Synaptics for various reasons.

We have a document about RPM installation. You may refer to that
document next time:

http://pgfoundry.org/docman/?group_id=1000048

egards,
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