Re: FC2 install cannot find libpq-fe.h - Mailing list pgadmin-support

From Raphaël Enrici
Subject Re: FC2 install cannot find libpq-fe.h
Date
Msg-id 41474589.3050908@club-internet.fr
Whole thread Raw
In response to FC2 install cannot find libpq-fe.h  (Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com)
List pgadmin-support
Hi Rick,

Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com wrote:
> I'm running Fedora Core 2 with PostgreSQL 7.4.5, and just installed
> wxWidgets 2.5 from the pgadmin mirrors as recommended.  I installed
> PostgreSQL using RPMs.  All of that went well and PostgreSQL is running
> nicely.
> 
> When I try to install pgadmin the configure command fails looking for
> libpq-fe.h.  I did a 'find / -name libpq-fe.h' and it is surely not on the
> machine.

In general linux distros separate headers from binaries so that you 
don't waste disk space with non-wanted files.
You should install the devel package. Try to install postgresql-devel 
rpm package, it should contain the files you need.

> I'm a Linux newbie, though not a Unix newbie, so don't worry about
> insulting my intelligence.  I ain't got none.

I heard someone around who told "there are only stupid answers, not 
questions...". As I'm not an FC2 expert, I hope my answer was not too 
stupid and that it will help you going further.

Regards,
Raphaël


pgadmin-support by date:

Previous
From: Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com
Date:
Subject: FC2 install cannot find libpq-fe.h
Next
From: Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com
Date:
Subject: Re: FC2 install cannot find libpq-fe.h