Anyone had any luck installing this on debian stable.

I believe I have all the dependences installed. I've tried installing it wil rpm and converting the rpm to a deb with Alien. Niether work for me.

With rpm I get:
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

With Alien it installs with no complaint, even installs some of the programs, but the permissions are wrong and it the program doesn't run!?

Any clues out there?

Thanks,
-Jeff

Hi Jeff,

we have not yet installed it on Debian, but Alien (and fixing the remaining problems by hand) seems to be the only way to go.
I would like to know what problems you see after the succeeded installation.
Maybe we can work together and create a deb from it afterwards?


Regards

Uwe

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Maybe we can work together and create a deb from it afterwards?

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Uwe,

I would be very interested in a .Deb package if you have one available. Even if you have some conversion notes, that would be great!

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

Uwe,

I would also be interested in the .deb package and any notes you have for installing. We may include these in future releases of our Linux product if that is OK with you.

Del Hager
Pervasive Software

Uwe & Del,

I have used alien to install the .rpm package, here are the steps I've used:

*) download RPM package to /usr/src

*) convert / install the RPM with alien
# alien --to-deb Perva....rpm
# dpkg --insatll perva...deb

*) unpack the RPM to get at it's install scripts
# alien -g Perva....rpm

*) run the install scripts from the etc directory of the 'orig' version of the RPM
# cd Perva...orig/usr/local/psql/etc
# sh preinstall.sh
# sh postinstall.sh

This will get the engine running, however you need to get the startup sequence into the debian startup script collection...

*) Copy the startup script
# cp /etc/rc.d/init.d/psql /etc/init.d/psql

*) Add the service to the relevant run levels for your requirements

These are the steps I have used, your mileage may vary. Some of the steps may not be strictly necessary, nor in the correct order, but the net effect is that the engine is running, and my windows clients are connecting.

If anyone else has more to add (Del, I am brand new to Pervasive.SQL) please do, I would like to make sure I have covered all bases, and there are no loose ends with the install process.

Regards,

Rob

 

Hi Rob,

thanks a lot for your procedure of install psql in Debian.

unfortunately it doesn't work in 64 bit systems.

Regards,

 

Jorge