Re: Install from source - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adam Lang
Subject Re: Install from source
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Msg-id 002601c012c3$6ec06880$330a0a0a@Adam
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In response to Install from source  ("Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>)
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Also, thanks for the point out of that installation page.  I was going by
www.postgresql.org/docs and the administrators link.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
Cc: "PGSQL General" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Install from source


> "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com> writes:
> > OK, I downloaded the source and followed the directions from here
> > (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/installation.htm) and when I run
the
> > command: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> >> logfile 2>&1 &
>
> > I get the error:
> > [1] 28156
> > bash: logfile: Permission denied
>
> Do you have write permission in the directory you're doing this in?
>
> > I try to createdb anyway and I get:
> > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql: error in loading shared libraries:
libpq.so.2.1:
> > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > createdb: database creation failed
> > [1]+  Exit 1                  /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i -D
> > /usr/local/pgsql/data>logfile 2>&1
>
> Sounds like you have not done the incantation to make the shared
> libraries available --- see step 8 in
> http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/install17165.htm
> The ldconfig method is probably what you want to use.
>
> regards, tom lane


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