Re: looking for psql without server-installation

hallo magnus,

thanks for your answer.

> Just run the "make" and "make install" commands in subdirs
> only. You will need to do it in src/interfaces/libpq and
> src/bin/psql to get a working psql.

that is the answer i was looking for.

> But you can certainly have control over the version on the
> client even if you use binary packages like .RPMs. Just
> decide which version you install. The OS may come with a
> pre-selected version by default, but for most OSes there are
> RPMs or DEBs available for other versions as well that you
> can install.

the available versions are very different for every os, every version of
the os, and so on. so i don't prefer this method but sometimes (or for
other people maybe often) it works

best regards
christian