Re: Confusing Linux download page

From: Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Confusing Linux download page
Date: 2010-06-14 03:07:43
Message-ID: AANLkTin4YKYvH887Ib2iKHblAOIYzr-1uVa22yEyNiZj@mail.gmail.com
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On 14 June 2010 00:07, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 15:58, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> Only if you have such an app, and you have the required repository
>> configured. If not, then it's a lot more complex to explain.
>
> Well, you and me clearly disagree on which is the easiest for the end
> users, particularly in the long term. I'd be interested in hearing
> what others think as well on this, so please chime in if you have an
> opinion :-)
>

I think that if you're running Linux, and you have somehow got
yourself into a situation where you don't have a functioning package
management tool (apt/portage/whatever), then figuring out how to
install postgres is going to be the least of your problems.

Cheers,
BJ

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