[Courses] [Postgresql] Installing PostgreSQL and Assignments

[Karine Delvare]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:21:49 -0500
Michelle Murrain <michelle at murrain.net> wrote:

> Other distributions (like Gentoo, or SUSE) will have their own 
> postgresql packages. Find out what they are, and it should be pretty 
> straightforward to install them. Ask the list if you run into trouble.

Hello Michelle and other participants,

Here are some things about gentoo:
The package to emerge is 'postgresql', and you can find the meaning of
its USE flags here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/postgres-howto.xml
I never needed to adjust them though, so you can emerge as is if you're
unsure what to set.

Do read the end of the emerge report, it will tell you how to setup the
initial database environment.

Having postgresql always run when your computer is on:
rc-update add postgresql default

The Howto above is well detailed if someone needs more info :)

Another interesting thing to note is that there is a 'postgres' USE
flag. If you plan on using postgresql wherever you can, it may be a
good idea to add it to /etc/make.conf so that every package that can be
built with postgresql support will be.

Karine