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* DBD::Pg without Postgresql installed
@ 2005-06-16 11:36 Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>
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From: Sean Davis @ 2005-06-16 11:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I should know the answer to this, but I don't--Is it possible to
install DBD::Pg without Postgresql being installed? Trying from CPAN
seems to imply not (pg_config needed). Just wanted confirmation....
Thanks,
Sean
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* Re: DBD::Pg without Postgresql installed
@ 2005-06-16 12:02 Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
parent: Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>
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From: Michael Fuhr @ 2005-06-16 12:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>; +Cc: pgsql-interfaces
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 07:36:56AM -0400, Sean Davis wrote:
>
> I should know the answer to this, but I don't--Is it possible to
> install DBD::Pg without Postgresql being installed? Trying from CPAN
> seems to imply not (pg_config needed). Just wanted confirmation....
DBD::Pg links against libpq, so to build it you need that library
and header files like libpq-fe.h; as you've discovered, the module
uses pg_config to learn about where things are installed. At runtime
you'll probably need at least the libpq.so shared library. You
shouldn't need to have a server running or even installed, but
you'll need at least some kind of client installation.
--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
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* Re: DBD::Pg without Postgresql installed
@ 2005-06-16 12:09 Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>
parent: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
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From: Sean Davis @ 2005-06-16 12:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>; +Cc: pgsql-interfaces
On Jun 16, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 07:36:56AM -0400, Sean Davis wrote:
>>
>> I should know the answer to this, but I don't--Is it possible to
>> install DBD::Pg without Postgresql being installed? Trying from CPAN
>> seems to imply not (pg_config needed). Just wanted confirmation....
>
> DBD::Pg links against libpq, so to build it you need that library
> and header files like libpq-fe.h; as you've discovered, the module
> uses pg_config to learn about where things are installed. At runtime
> you'll probably need at least the libpq.so shared library. You
> shouldn't need to have a server running or even installed, but
> you'll need at least some kind of client installation.
>
Michael,
Thanks. Just to follow-up, are there sources to build just a client
installation? It looks to me like not. I don't have a problem
building a server on each workstation that will be accessing postgres,
but if there is a way to keep things cleaner and install only the
client (or client libraries), that would be great.
Thanks again,
Sean
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* Re: DBD::Pg without Postgresql installed
@ 2005-06-16 13:08 Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
parent: Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>
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From: Michael Fuhr @ 2005-06-16 13:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>; +Cc: pgsql-interfaces
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 08:09:11AM -0400, Sean Davis wrote:
>
> Just to follow-up, are there sources to build just a client
> installation?
I'm not aware of a simple way to build just a client installation
with the standard sources, but some vendors provide pre-built,
client-only packages. Even if you're building from source, you
could easily wrap your own client-only package for installation on
other systems (assuming compatible platforms). If you don't intend
to build anything on those other systems, then you might need only
libpq.so and perhaps a few other files (psql, pg_dump, etc.);
otherwise you'll also want header files and programs like pg_config.
--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
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