hi..
i have pgsql rpms

[nsadmin@eugene aolserver]$ rpm -qa | grep postgresq
postgresql-server-7.2-12mdk
postgresql-7.2-12mdk
postgresql-python-7.2-12mdk
postgresql-devel-7.2-12mdk
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i'd like to install postgresql under /usr/local/pgsql
with tar.gz

when i do ..rpm -e postgresql
i have to give up more than 30 packages...
including kde-base.. etc..

should i go with --nodeps?

i 'm having trouble with rpm because i don't know where is postgresql include directory.. i had to give the directory to compile another program
(i tried /usr/include/pgsql, it didn't work)

any help would be appreciated..

i'm using mand8.2

try

rpm -ql packagename

it will show you were everything is

if you want to keep up the rpm database then you can probably build an rpm for it

thank you...
still having problem though..

if i rpm -e packages
and install the same program with tar.gz version..
will it cause any problem??

thank you...

possibly

some things require specific versions of something else to work.

but there's one way to find out..

you can always reinstall the rpm you started with.

I have had exactly the same problem with mandrake 8.2.

I did as you suggested, used the --nodeps flag to uninstall the rpm's then built postgres from source.

I did this over a month ago and as far I can tell there have been no side effects.

TL

Hey I heard it's possible to convert rpm to source... Anyone know how to do? I'm running Slackware and I really hate these damn Rpm

there is an utility called rpm2tgz http://www.wiejak.priv.pl/pub/Linux/system/rpm2tgz/

if you download the .tgz and compile, i believe at the ./configure you can do --prefix=PREFIX. where PREFIX = installation dir.