It only shows up when you search for it in lowercase. e.g "postgresql", not
"PostgreSQL".
You could also just use sudo-apt get install postgresql-9.1
postgresql-contrib-9.1 ("postgresql" is a meta-package)hth, WBL On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Lee Hachadoorian < lee.hachadooria...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 05/14/2012 09:19 PM, Mike Christensen wrote: > > I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 today. Postgres was not listed in the > Ubuntu Software Center, so I downloaded the apt installer from: > http://www.openscg.com/se/oscg_home_download.jsp > > Mike > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <dev...@gunduz.org> > <dev...@gunduz.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 18:05 -0700, Mike Christensen wrote: > > I've become a big fan of DBLink lately, but I'm curious where it lives > on Linux installations. > > Which Linux? Which package/installer? > > It mostly ships with the -contrib package. > > > Full list of Ubuntu packages is available at packages.ubuntu.com. > Postgres 9.1 (default) and 8.4 are in the repository. The Ubuntu Software > Center hides stuff from you. If you search for postgres, you won't find it > unless you click a not-very-obvious "Show [x] technical items" link at the > bottom of the window. I would recommend using apt (command line) or > Synaptic (graphical) instead of Software Center. > > sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib > > should get you started. > > --Lee > > -- > Lee Hachadoorian > PhD, Earth & Environmental Sciences (Geography) > Research Associate, CUNY Center for Urban > Researchhttp://freecity.commons.gc.cuny.edu > > -- "Quality comes from focus and clarity of purpose" -- Mark Shuttleworth
