Hey, I even have postgres working on Solaris 2.6. I'm not sure if this is applicable to 7 or not, but you might want to be sure that you have all the latest patches applied to your OS. This often makes a big difference in something that works and something that spits out very strange errors on a nearly constant basis. Thanks, Jimi Paul McGarry wrote: > > Howdy, > > > go through the documentation on the postgresql.org > > site. you will get a good amount of info there. anyhow > > i have postgres working well on solaris 7. > > you will have to compile postgres source code and > > install it on your sparc. you will need gcc compiler, > > make, gdb or gdbm, gzip,bash which you can get in > > pkgadd format from sunfreeware.com. download these and > > install first. > > In addition to that it's worth referring to the FAQ at > www.sunfreeware.com too. It covers pretty much all > the little hurdles you will probably have to jump over > to compile stuff on Solaris. There's nothing too hard > about it though, just setting up the right paths and > making sure you have all the necessary packages > installed. > > -- > > Paul McGarry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Systems Integrator http://www.opentec.com.au > Opentec Pty Ltd http://www.iebusiness.com.au > 6 Lyon Park Road Phone: (02) 9878 1744 > North Ryde NSW 2113 Fax: (02) 9878 1755
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