Re: Installation with sources or with packages

On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 01:26:07PM +0200, nuggets72(at)free(dot)fr wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need install postgresql 8.X.X on my debian host.
> But someone says me I should use sources files for the install
> and other one says me I should use debian package.
> Does anybody have some "theory" or opinion about the installation of postgresql
> by sources or debian package ?

I pretty much always install the debian package when possible, because
then I know it conforms to the rest of my system, I can install stuff
from the postgresql-contrib package, I can compile stuff against the
postgresql-dev packages and know it works... Config files in /etc/ for
example.

However, something I have done is build my own debian packages. Grab
latest source, copy debian dir over and run dpkg-buildpackage. I rarely
do this but it's a good middleway.

Have a nice day,
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