I'm new to Linux and have been using KDE for a little while. I'm working on learning more ruby on rails. The book I'm reading uses postgresql but I cannot find a walkthrough of installing postgresql on KDE. On this page - https://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages.php#pg10 - it doesn't list an rpm for KDE so I'm not sure if there's another one I can use or not. I don't know enough about Linux/KDE yet to know. Does anyone know if I can use any of the packages on that page or if there's another way to install postgresql on KDE?
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Simple solution
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo -i -u postgres
psql
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So KDE is your desktop. It could be used on almost any operating system, and probably doesn't determine your install. It's more about distros/OS that you're on. So, what OS are you on? Wild guess Fedora or Ubuntu. Here are the install guides for each:
Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PostgreSQL
Ubuntu: https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/
Neither is as bad as it seems. Just take them step by step.
BTW, in the Linux world the command line is king. At first, this will seem daunting, but after a while, you'll find it faster for many things. Maybe Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous would help.
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geoff swartz
Thanks. I guess I don't know what the OS is then. I thought it as KDE. I just downloaded the KDE neon iso and installed from there. I wasn't aware that there was an underlying OS. Is there a way to find out?
geoff swartz
I'm thinking it's fedora as sudo dnf install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib asks me for my password and attempts to work. However I get the error message - here are no enabled repos. Run "yum repolist all" to see the repos you have. When I run that command I get repolist: 0. Sounds like something is screwed up?
codenoob
What happens when you type (no sudo needed) cat /etc/issue?
codenoob
Kde neon is ubuntu, I think. What happens when you type "sudo apt update" If you get a bunch of listings of repos it's hitting, it is probably at least using apt. BTW, you can find out more about neon here: neon.kde.org/faq
geoff swartz
ah yes, must be ubuntu. sudo apt update runs a bunch of updates. thanks!
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