On Aug 1, 2004, at 6:26 PM, Christopher Browne wrote:
> Measuring it as binary installs:
>
> - Installing PostgreSQL on Debian requires adding a 9.8MB package.
> - Installing MySQL on Debian requires adding several packages adding
> up to (+ 8.7 0.2 1.0 0.6), or roughly 10.3MB.
> - Installing FireBird2 requires (+ 2.2 0.7 2.4 1.8) or about 7.1MB.
>
I compiled PostgreSQL on Mac OS X with optimization -Os (for size) and
the resulting installation was less than 2 MB. I am looking to embed it
in applications to reduce administrative effort, so size matters in my
case.
