Re: Installation problems was Re: is this list live? - Mailing list pgsql-php

I don't know specifics about them... just that they had a grossly over
valued IPO. :)

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Vielhaber" <vev@michvhf.com>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
Cc: "phpp" <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: Installation problems was Re: is this list live?


> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Adam Lang wrote:
>
> > VA... they sell linux servers.
>
> Oh, Ok.  Are they known for installing the entire OS or do they leave
> out the development stuff?  I remember reading not too long ago that
> someone isn't putting the development stuff on by default but I don't
> recall who.
>
> Vince.
>
> >
> > Adam Lang
> > Systems Engineer
> > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vince Vielhaber" <vev@michvhf.com>
> > To: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
> > Cc: "phpp" <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 1:20 PM
> > Subject: Installation problems was Re: is this list live?
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > >
> > > > Folks,
> > > >
> > > > > I'm guessing it's more like PHP and PostgreSQL just work so
flawlessly
> > > > > together that noone has anything to say.
> > > >
> > > > Actually, I've been having problems installing the PHP-Postgres
> > > > interface on a VA Box running Postgres 7.0.2.  I just thought that
> > > > nobody was on the list.  SO, let me throw this out there:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Postgres was installed from RPM, and PHP4 was built from source
> > > > (because RPMs were not available at the time).  The webserver we are
> > > > running is Xitami
> > > >
> > > > 2. When we tried to build the postgres interface from source, the
make
> > > > crashes after about 5 minutes, saying that it can't find certain
> > > > libraries that are present and in the directory we supplied in the
make
> > > > command line.
> > > >
> > > > 3. When we try to install from RPM, PHP-Postgres wants a library
called
> > > > pgsql.so.  THis library, as far as I can tell, does not exist in any
of
> > > > the Postgres sources.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Not sure right off what a "VA Box" is and I'm not familiar with
Xitami,
> > > BUT I may be able to shed some light on things.
> > >
> > > In #2 above, it sounds like your OS installation is incomplete or you
> > > have some missing tools required to build PostgreSQL.
> > >
> > > Are you installing PostgreSQL from one of our RPMs or from somewhere
> > > else?  If it's one of ours, check with Lamar Owen on this library.
The
> > > only thing I can find that comes close is plpgsql and I doubt that's
it.
> > >
> > > Vince.
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