README.Debian

Quick start for Debian/Ubuntu Users
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If you got this package from the 'git clone', first, make sure that
your system is capable of building postgres extension packages:

  apt-get install build-essential libpq-dev postgresql-server-dev-9.0

Then build using dpkg-buildpackage;

  dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -rfakeroot

This will build a binary package file, which you can install using:

  sudo dpkg -i ../postgresql-9.0-currency_*_*.deb

Once you have the package installed, install using the standard method
documented in the Postgres User Manual; slightly modified here for
ease of cut and paste:

  SHAREDIR=$(pg_config --sharedir)
  sudo -u postgres psql -d dbname -f $SHAREDIR/contrib/currency.sql

Where 'dbname' is the database that you want to use the currency type
from.  If you install on a different machine to the one you build
from, set SHAREDIR=/usr/share/postgresql/9.0

For a summary of the currenty supported operations, refer to:

  zless /usr/share/doc/postgresql-9.0-currency/README.gz

Enjoy,
Sam Vilain, on behalf of Adioso Inc.