we installed postgres on machines with debian / kernel 2.2 / jdk 1.3 (blackdown),
make sure you don't have postgresql installed via debian / apt-get. if you do
-purge the installation. the following things have to be down as superuser.
+purge the installation.
+the following things have to be done as superuser (if not otherwise stated):
-1. get the tarball from postgresql.org
-2. unzip/untar the tarball
+1. make sure you have:
+
+ libreadline-dev
+ perl-dev
+ ant >= 1.3
+ (blackdown) jdk1.3
+
+2. get the tarball from postgresql.org
+
+ tar xvfz postgresql-7.1.3.tar.gz
3. configure
-./configure --enable-odbc --enable-syslog --with-perl --enable-multibyte=UNICODE --enable-locale --enable-unicode-conversion --enable-recode --with-java
+ ./configure --enable-odbc --enable-syslog --with-perl --enable-multibyte=UNICODE \
+ --enable-locale --enable-unicode-conversion --enable-recode --with-java
4. make
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
+Fine! - now you can continue with the postgresql-section in INSTALL.mir
+Good luck.
+
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+