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how do I get ecpg for ubuntu 9.10?

Asked by dgbrown

I am using postgresql 8.4 on ubuntu 9.10.
I want to write programs in c and use ecpg (embedded SQL preprocessor for postgresql) to access the database.
Ubuntu's apt-get install can't find a prebuilt package for ecpg.

What steps do I need to take to get an operational ecpg preprocessor for 8.4 on i386 platform?

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Best Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) said : 		#1

If you do a search in synaptic package manager for ecpg, it lists all the relevant packages. The one you probably want is called libecg6, which is the runtime library.

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dgbrown (dgbrown5) said : 		#2

Thank you.
This solved my problem.
I also needed libecpg-dev for the executable ecpg itself.
And I got to learn about synaptic-package-manager.

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dgbrown (dgbrown5) said : 		#3

Thanks Gabe Gorelick, that solved my question.