Hello c.d.p,

I recently installed postgresql under Debian/GNU Linux 5.0 (lenny) using
the standard aptitude method.

SELECT version(); says:

PostgreSQL 8.3.7 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.3.real
(Debian 4.4.2-1.1) 4.3.2

I installed the postgresql8.3 package via metapackage postgresql,
postgresql-client-8.3, postgresql-client-common, postgresql-contrib-8.3
plus pgadminIII and phppgadmin.

Following the tutorial and trying to make the tutorial scripts, the
system complained pg_config is not installed - I could not find -R it in
the whole /, neither.

The Manual gives me no clue (maybe I browse the wrong sections?), but I
suspect the Debian packaging to be a bit special (again).

Is one of you you gurus ;o) out there able to point out what went wrong?
The PostgreSQL server runs smoothly, I can create and drop databases and
tables without problems. Maybe I forgot a package? Maybe I can live
without pg_config as well?

I am currently renegading from MySQL to PostgreSQL for storage of
medical information, as I found PostgreSQL offers scalability and
reliability features much superior to MySQL - as medical information
management archiving is sort of critical, PostgreSQL looks like a better
choice to me.

Any hint is much appreciated!


Kind regards,



Peter

Peter B Schmidt <news (AT) PBSchmidt (DOT) de> wrote:
It's in the libpq-dev package.

-M-

Hello Matthew,

thanks galore - that was really quick (and it did the trick!).

Have a nice evening!


Peter