Re: question

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Robert B. Easter" <reaster(at)comptechnews(dot)com> writes:
> > You'll have to check redhat.com or do an rpm query to see if it should be or
> > is installed on RedHat 6.2.

> I believe redhat does ship Postgres RPMs, but they're PG version
> 6.5.something, which is pretty old --- ie, fewer features and more bugs
> than later versions. You really ought to install PG 7.0.3 (use RPMs
> from www.postgresql.org) or if you're feeling bleeding edge, try out the
> 7.1 beta distribution.

RH 6.2 shipped with PostgreSQL 6.5.3, RPM release 6. PostgreSQL 7.0 was
in beta at the time.

PostgreSQL 7.0 was first shipped as 7.0.2, release 17, in RedHat 7.0.

RPMS for PostgreSQL 7.0.3 for RedHat 6.2 are available on
ftp.postgresql.org, as Tom mentioned, in
/pub/binary/v7.0.3/RPMS/RedHat-6.2

The upgrade from 6.5.3 RPM to 7.0.3 RPM is not the easiest in the world
-- please be sure to read the README.rpm-dist file in the main
postgresql RPM.

Also, you will need to read this file to see which packages you want --
for a full client-server install, install postgresql and
postgresql-server. Pick and choose the other clients and development
RPM's you need from there.
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Lamar Owen
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