postgresql (Version: 7.3-12)

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system
(DBMS) that supports almost all SQL constructs (including
transactions, subselects and user-defined types and functions). The
postgresql package includes the client programs and libraries that
you'll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server. These PostgreSQL
client programs are programs that directly manipulate the internal
structure of PostgreSQL databases on a PostgreSQL server. These client
programs can be located on the same machine with the PostgreSQL
server, or may be on a remote machine which accesses a PostgreSQL
server over a network connection. This package contains the docs
in HTML for the whole package, as well as command-line utilities for
managing PostgreSQL databases on a PostgreSQL server.

If you want to manipulate a PostgreSQL database on a remote PostgreSQL
server, you need this package. You also need to install this package
if you're installing the postgresql-server package.

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postgresql-contrib (Version: 7.3-12)

The postgresql-contrib package includes the contrib tree distributed with
the PostgreSQL tarball. Selected contrib modules are prebuilt.

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postgresql-docs (Version: 7.3-12)

The postgresql-docs package includes the SGML source for the documentation
as well as the documentation in other formats, and some extra documentation.
Install this package if you want to help with the PostgreSQL documentation
project, or if you want to generate printed documentation.

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postgresql-libs (Version: 7.3-12)

The postgresql-libs package provides the essential shared libraries for any
PostgreSQL client program or interface. You will need to install this package
to use any other PostgreSQL package or any clients that need to connect to a
PostgreSQL server.

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postgresql-odbc (Version: 7.3-12)

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management
system. The postgresql-odbc package includes the ODBC (Open DataBase
Connectivity) driver and sample configuration files needed for
applications to access a PostgreSQL database using ODBC.

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postgresql-perl (Version: 7.3-12)

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management
system. The postgresql-perl package includes a module for developers
to use when writing Perl code for accessing a PostgreSQL database.

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postgresql-python (Version: 7.3-12)

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management
system. The postgresql-python package includes a module for
developers to use when writing Python code for accessing a PostgreSQL
database.

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postgresql-server (Version: 7.3-12)

The postgresql-server package includes the programs needed to create
and run a PostgreSQL server, which will in turn allow you to create
and maintain PostgreSQL databases. PostgreSQL is an advanced
Object-Relational database management system (DBMS) that supports
almost all SQL constructs (including transactions, subselects and
user-defined types and functions). You should install
postgresql-server if you want to create and maintain your own
PostgreSQL databases and/or your own PostgreSQL server. You also need
to install the postgresql package.

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postgresql-tcl (Version: 7.3-12)

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management
system. The postgresql-tcl package contains the libpgtcl client library,
the pg-enhanced pgtclsh, and the PL/Tcl procedural language for the backend.

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postgresql-test (Version: 7.3-12)

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management
system. The postgresql-test package includes the sources and pre-built
binaries of various tests for the PostgreSQL database management
system, including regression tests and benchmarks.

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postgresql-tk (Version: 7.3-12)

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management
system. The postgresql-tk package contains the pgaccess
program. Pgaccess is a graphical front end, written in Tcl/Tk, for the
psql and related PostgreSQL client programs.