On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Matthew Brown wrote:
> I am trying to install pgsql from .RPM on a MIPS box.
> It gives me an error that it needs /usr/bin/wish in order to install.
> Where can I get wish? I tried install Tcl as it is supposed to be a part
> of that somehow, but that hasn't worked either.
The dependency on wish stems from pgaccess, part of the -tcl RPM in PostgreSQL
RPMS since 6.5. Earlier PostgreSQL RPM's depended upon postgresql-clients,
which depended upon tk being installed, etc.
There are MIPS binaries available for 6.5.3 for Japanese users at
http://alpha.or.jp/Cobalt/index.html
I would say that you could grab the source RPM for this and rebuild -- however,
you'll need to comment out the build and install areas for pgaccess -- and
change the configure options as well. Rebuilding from source requires much
more than installing the binaries.
There may be other MIPS RPM's floating around that I'm not familiar with -- if
anyone knows of these, I'd like to know as well.
I'm going to add a section on my site (http://www.ramifordistat.net/postgres)
on RPM's for non-intel machines.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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