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Re: [GENERAL] initdb error->ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpq.so.2" not found^H - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Courtney Thomas
Subject Re: [GENERAL] initdb error->ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpq.so.2" not found^H
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Msg-id 38150FB2.41C67EA6@access1.net
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] initdb error->ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpq.so.2" not found^H  (jim@reptiles.org (Jim Mercer))
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Jim Mercer wrote:
>
> > I got the above error [see subject] when I attempted to "initdb".
> >
> > What's wrong and how do I fix it ?
>
> what operating system?
>
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> [ Jim Mercer                 jim@reptiles.org              +1 416 506-0654 ]
> [          Reptilian Research -- Longer Life through Colder Blood          ]
> [  Don't be fooled by cheap Finnish imitations; BSD is the One True Code.  ]
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> ************

Jim,

A couple of other things that might shed light:

1-I am logged in as user "postgres"
2-libpq.so.2 is in /usr/local/pgsql/lib; and is also linked to by
libpq.so in said dir
3-owner/group are both "postgres" [of libpq.so.2, as well as all the
other files in said dir]

Thanks again,

Courtney

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