Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Tarballs and dependencies (was Re: gnumed-server packages)

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 08:11:31PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

>>> I would stay away from installing tarballs!  Really!
>>
>> Aah, never mind !  The way we "install" tarballs is entirely
>> user-local. They are put below /home/user/.gnumed/client- 
>> installations/
>> and no file whatsoever leaks out into the system proper. A link to
>> start each version is put on the desktop. No other user can even
>> use it. They each need to install it themselves.
>
> The above is true only for the GNUmed client, correct?
Yes.

> There is no question (option) for the server software to be installed  
> and to run only in local user space, is there,

There is. If the PostgreSQL server is set up to run local to
a user and the GNUmed database is installed into that server
then the database will be local to that user.

It's cumbersome, though, and of little immediately apparent
benefit.

Karsten
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