Thanks everyone, I'll have a look to my ubuntu repository packages: <br> - postgresql-client-8.1<br> - postgresql-dev (even if this seems to be related to version 7.5.21...)<br>Giovanni<br><br><br>2006/11/5, Glynn Clements <
<a href="mailto:glynn@gclements.plus.com">glynn@gclements.plus.com</a>>:<br>> <br>> G. Allegri wrote:<br>> <br>> > I need to use a remote Postgresql connection with Grass. When compiling it I<br>> > have to set the "--with-postgres" option during configuration but is it
<br>> > required to have postgresql installed to enable it? I know that the postgres<br>> > libraries are needed, is it enough to download them?<br>> <br>> To compile GRASS with PostgreSQL support, you need to have the
<br>> PostgreSQL libraries and headers installed on the build system. You<br>> don't need to install the server.<br>> <br>> If your distribution has a package named something like "libpq" or<br>> "posgresql-client", you need that, and also the corresponding -devel
<br>> package if there is one.<br>> <br>> --<br>> Glynn Clements <<a href="mailto:glynn@gclements.plus.com">glynn@gclements.plus.com</a>><br>> <br><br>