Installing clients (psql) only
Is there a source distribution to install just psql? What I'm looking
for is a quick and easy way to install psql and DBD::Pg (which needs
libpq) on a bunch of different unix client machines.
I realize that all the source is there in the main postgresql
distribution but I can't make heads or tails out of what depends on
what.
What do people normally do when they don't need all of Postgres on their
client boxes?
Any suggestions appreciated,
--Rick
Rick Delaney writes:
Is there a source distribution to install just psql?
No (at least not officially). If you want to use psql you probably have a
server somewhere, and there's no reason why you couldn't reuse that source
tree.
What I'm looking for is a quick and easy way to install psql and
DBD::Pg (which needs libpq) on a bunch of different unix client
machines.
Something like this should suffice:
./configure [options]
make -C interfaces
make -C interfaces install
make -C bin
make -C bin install
(Or if you really just want psql, you can find it in bin/psql, and libpq
in interfaces/libpq.)
If you're sure that all clients are configured identically you can just
log into each one and run the "install" steps on each. Otherwise it's
safest if you run `make distclean' and re-configure on each box.
What do people normally do when they don't need all of Postgres on
their client boxes?
Using RPMs is also popular, if applicable.
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Peter Eisentraut Sernanders v�g 10:115
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Using RPMs is also popular, if applicable.
Thanks for the plug :-).
Seriously, that is exactly why the RPM's are split as they are -- you _can_
install just the main package and get a working psql and libpq (with all docs)
installation to connect to a central server machine. You can then install the
tcl, tk, perl, python, or whatever clients as well (although there is a minor
problem with the tcl package that makes it require the server package -- pl/tcl
is in the tcl package).
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11
Lamar Owen wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Using RPMs is also popular, if applicable.
Thanks for the plug :-).
Yes, thank you both. They aren't applicable to most of my machines but
it's good to know they're there.
This worked well, though:
./configure [options]
make -C interfaces
make -C interfaces install
make -C bin
make -C bin install
Thanks again.
--Rick