Re: [BUGS] problem in installing pgsql-8.3.1

[John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>]

Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 04:21 -0700, shohorab hossain wrote:
>   
> > For few days I am trying to install postgresql-8.3.1 in RHEL4. My
> > machine configuration is Intel Pentium IV. I have followed the
> > installation document of postgresql that was included with source
> > distribution.
> >
> > I am facing the problem during the building step of source. The
> > problem is that when I start building with gmake command, it
> > continuously shows messages in console like ‘checking for …………. yes /
> > no’ and I have waited approximately for 3 hours but it continues.  At
> > last I have cancelled the building process.
> >     
>
> You may want to install prebuilt RPMs. First install this package:
>
> http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/reporpms/8.3/pgdg-redhat-8.3-4.noarch.rpm
>
> and then install PostgreSQL with yum:
>
> yum install postgresql-server
>   


I don't believe Yum came in RHEL4, you'd have to get yum and its 
supporting tools from somewhere (centos4?)