Re: tar.z or rpms - newbie question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Danny
Subject Re: tar.z or rpms - newbie question
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Msg-id 00101120245200.00347@freebsd.freebsd.org
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In response to tar.z or rpms - newbie question  (Bob Hartung <rwhart@netexpress.net>)
List pgsql-general
I would install postgresql by RPMs
It puts things in standard places

eg:- If your Apache server, etc is installed in RPM's you should do the same
for postgresql.]

Looking forward toyour feedback.

dannyh

dannyH@idx.copm.au



On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bob Hartung wrote:
> Hi,
>   I am relatively new to Linux and absolutely new to PostGresql, PHP,
> Apache.  I am going to install these on a New RH 6.2 install.  As RH
> does not necessarily place files where other distros do, should I always
> wait until the RPMs are avialable or should I live with the tar.z
> distribution forms and say "ta hell" with RH's deviation from what I
> perceive to the the remainder of the Linux community?
>
>    I am aware that this may seem like flame bait, but once I install I
> would like to concentrate on learning PG and PHP for web applications
> and not fiddle with file locations.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Bob Hartung

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