Re: Installing Postgresql 7 on either RaQ3i or RaQ2

> > > I desperately need to get Postgresql 7 running on either a RaQ2 or
> >> RaQ3i. I have tried getting help on the Cobalt list-server and at
> >> Cobalt but the only response I get is that it will effect my GUI .
> >>
> >> Since I have been a long supporting Mac user the conversion to the
> >> Linux environment has been slow but rewarding.
> >>
> >> Any help or suggestion in getting Postgresql 7 running would be
> >> greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> James
> >
> >I suppose you have no problem to build PostgreSQL 7.1 beta on
> >RaQ2. Just unpacking the tar file and following the procedure
> >documented in the "INSTALL" file should work. What kind of problems do
> >you have?
>
> I have been told by Cobalt that if I install it will affect the GUI
> interface and render it unavailable?
>
> Can I simply download the 7.1 files and install? Should not effect the GUI?

On my RqQ2 there is no GUI using PostgreSQL at all. So I don't believe
installing PostgreSQL affects that part.

I'm not sure about RaQ3i though. However, in a theory if the
PostgreSQL part of the GUI has been installed in none standard place
(that is /usr/local/pgsql), it should not harm pre-installed
PostgreSQL to install new PostgreSQL by yourself. I think you should
ask the dealer what "it will affect the GUI interface and render it
unavailable" exactly means.
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Tatsuo Ishii