On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:57:22AM +0000, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Tuesday, 28.11.2006 at 11:04 +0000, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > > Is it possible to run both the 7.4 and 8.1 versions of postgresql > > simultaneously on the same box. I assume that if I was to download and > > install manually that it would work but is there a way of doing it > > through the package management system? > > The Debian package for postgresql-8.1 has a 'conflicts with' flag set > for the PostgreSQL 7.x packages, so there would be no clean way to do > this. I have a feeling that some of the PostgreSQL library packages > (libpq3 and libpq4) might conflict too. > > In addition you'd need to ensure that the services were configured to > listen on different ports, although that would be fairly trivial to > achieve. > > Perhaps we can help further if you explain exactly what you're trying to > achieve by installing both simultaneously? >
Perhaps if you really need to do this, you could set up a minimal debian chroot and install the older version there. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
