Re: installing pgsql - Mailing list pgsql-novice

stm23 <STM23@student.canterbury.ac.nz> writes:
> hi, i am trying to install postgresql.  i have unzipped the 7.4.1 source files
> into a folder & run ./configure.  however when i enter: gmake i get the
> following error message:

> src/Makefile.global:278: src/Makefile.port: No such file or directory
> gmake: *** No rule to make target '`src/Makefile.port'. Stop.

It sure sounds like configure failed.  Did you pay attention to its
output?

            regards, tom lane