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We're running postgresql in a prefix on MacOS just fine. Some systems are |
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stable, some are 8.3.1, but when I just went to install 8.3.1 again I was |
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unable to run initdb due to some problem with $libdir. I didn't know about |
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the differences between postgresql, postgresql-server, etc, and will look |
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into this. I was using postgresql and libpq. |
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Otherwise, it runs just fine. If I get tired of forgetting to start my |
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database server at boot some day I might make a launchd thingie for it. |
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Rabbe Fogelholm <rabbe@×××××××.se> wrote: |
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> Matt Michalowski wrote: |
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>> rabbe@×××××××.se wrote: |
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>>> Does anyone know, would it be practical to run an SQL server of some |
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>>> variety in Prefix Portage? It would be for prototyping only. |
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>>> Let me state at once that I have little experience with databases. I did |
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>>> run mysql on native Gentoo for some time though, with no problems. |
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>>> I see that there are things like postgresql and sqlite in the prefix |
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>>> tree. |
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>>> Did anyone try them out? |
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>>> And what is the difference between the postgresql-server and postgresql |
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>>> packages? Different packagings of the same server? (I see now that there |
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>>> is a Gentoo guide and it says `emerge postgresql' very early on..) |
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>>> Rabbe Fogelholm |
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>> As Fabian (MonetDB? :)) has mentioned, it is possible. I'm having some |
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>> troubles with eselect-postgresql (see bug #232701) at the moment, but it's |
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>> not too hard to get set up. |
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>> AFAIK the difference between postgresql and postgresql-server is that |
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>> postgresql-server is a newer replacement for postgresql, yet postgresql |
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>> hasn't been retired yet. Likewise, dev-db/postgresql-base is a replacement |
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>> for dev-db/libpq (but has the psql client, etc.) |
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>> Here's an example of how you can get by without init scripts: |
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>> - create a directory somewhere to hold your database + configs, ie. |
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>> ~/pgdata |
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>> - run the initdb tool, which sets up the default config + database: |
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>> # initdb -D ~/pgdata |
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>> - start the server |
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>> # pg_ctl -D ~/pgdata -l ~/pgdata/logfile start |
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>> - check the server is running |
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>> # psql -l |
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>> - stop the server |
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>> # pg_ctl -D ~/pgdata stop |
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>> Matt. |
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> Which one of the two (postgresql or postgresql-server) should I look at? |
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> Performance is not an issue; easy setup is more important. |
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> --Rabbe |
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