Slim PostgreSQL Clients

On a typical client you may not want to install the whole PostgreSQL server software with all bells and whistles.

Currently it is however not possible to install only the minimum interface through the one click installer, the only option is a manual installation by colleting files from a full installation.

Do the following to find out what files are needed:

• Locate libpg.dll in the PostgreSQL server installation
• Get the Dependency Walker and let in analyze that dll
• Get listed dependency dll's that are in the PostgreSQL bin directory
• Copy these dll's to the client machine in a distinct directory
• Add that directory to the system PATH environment variable

For a 32 bit 9.1 PostgreSQL under Windows the required dll's are:

• libeay32.dll
• libiconv-2.dll
• libintl-8.dll
• libpq.dll
• ssleay32.dll

For other versions the required dlls may be different, so the only clean way is to use the dependency walker to find out as explained above.