Re: [NOVICE] Where is PostgreSQL root directory? - Mailing list pgadmin-support

From Dave Page
Subject Re: [NOVICE] Where is PostgreSQL root directory?
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Msg-id 937d27e10904081555t4770a376q1c1b269483d0841b@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [NOVICE] Where is PostgreSQL root directory?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> "Just E. Mail" <justemail@imwell-usa.com> writes:
>> Now I am trying to install "pgAdmin" (having already installed
>> wxWigets). When I issue the "./configure" command to install "pgAdmin",
>> I get an error message saying that it can't find the PostgreSQL and that
>> I should use the --with-pgsql=DIR command.
>
> You'd only run configure if you were trying to install pgAdmin from
> source; and I suppose what it wants is the root of the Postgres
> source tree, which you haven't got because you didn't install Postgres
> from source.  I'd suggest finding an RPM packaging of pgAdmin instead.

It's looking for the installation prefix - probably /usr.

I agree with Tom though - use the RPMs from http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org
unless you're planning on hacking on the code.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK:   http://www.enterprisedb.com


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