How to install postgres 8.4 on Debian 5 (lenny)

Posted by Eric Bartels

Because I didn’t found this information in one place I’m writing this quick “guide” on how to install PostgreSQL 8.4.x on Debian 5.x “lenny”.

Debian lenny stable packages are bundled with Postgres 8.3.x but thanks to Debian Backports the newer Postgres version is available for lenny.

Simply do it

Add the backports-sources (/etc/apt/sources.list) and update (apt-get update)

deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

Install postgres

apt-get -t lenny-backports install postgresql-8.4

4 Responses to “How to install postgres 8.4 on Debian 5 (lenny)”

  1. Hans, on July 9th, 2010 at 11:14 pm Said:

    And how can I activate the php function after the installation of postgres?

  2. chrissie, on August 30th, 2010 at 8:01 pm Said:

    apt-get install php5-pgsql
    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

  3. anton, on February 2nd, 2011 at 5:15 pm Said:

    I don’t find package postgresql-8.3-pljava-gcj
    Is it available?

  4. anton, on February 2nd, 2011 at 5:15 pm Said:

    Sorry, for 8.3 it is available. I meant postgresql-8.4-pljava-gcj

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