Re: PGSQL on shared hosting

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Am Friday 21 November 2003 09:49 schrieben Sie:
> > i am a newbie to the pgsql world, so pls bear with a possibly stupid
> > question. i want to test out pgsql but i only have a shared hosting
> > account. is it possible to install pgsql without root access, only for
> > my
> > account? my webhost uses redhat i think.
>
> No. The "make install" step requires a root access.

Wrong! If you install into a writeable directory e.g.
./configure --prefix=/home/user/postgres
make install will work just fine (or at least it did with me).

The only problem is that you cannot start postgres automatially that easily at
boot time.

Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards
Holger Klawitter
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