Re: A minimal relational database in Debian?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 02/27/2017 06:06 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> On 28/02/17 02:17, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > The last time I needed a relational database my employer was using
> > dBaseII on a MS-DOS machine.
> > What is a functional equivalent in the Debian repository?
> > I looked at at LibreOffice Base. It was unusable as its "help" system
> > provided no intrinsic way to increase fonts to a legible size.
> > https://packages.debian.org/stable/database/ was not useful as it
> > doesn't categorize the list.
> > Suggestions?
> > TIA
>
> You can make minimal use of PostgreSQL. Easy to install and configure on
> Debian. Robust and runs well unattended. Thoroughly documented. Check
> out pgAdmin, which can administer and manage your database. It includes
> a table editor.
>
> It sounds to me like you want a configurable CRUD front-end. Do you
> want a web interface?

Hadn't run into that acronym before, had to look it up. But is what I 
want. Don't need a web interface. And to answer someone else, it will be 
strictly single user, everything resides on my laptop.