Re: error starting postmaster - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: error starting postmaster
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Msg-id x77kymfy1k.fsf@onceler.kciLink.com
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In response to error starting postmaster  (Peter Choe <choepete@mindspring.com>)
List pgsql-general
>>>>> "PC" == Peter Choe <choepete@mindspring.com> writes:

PC> i just installed postgresql7.1 on a freebsd 4.3-stable machine.  and i
PC> am able to start it with:

PC> postmaster -D data

PC> but when i try to:

PC> createdb test

PC> i get the following error:

PC> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpq.so.2" not found

PC> where can i get libpq.so.2?

Every time you boot, you need to run ldconfig to tell it where to find
your shared libs.  I use this startup script called
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/00postgres-client.sh:

--cut here--
#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in
    start)
        /sbin/ldconfig -m /usr/local/pgsql/lib
        ;;
    stop)
        ;;
    *)
        echo ""
        echo "Usage: `basename $0` { start | stop }"
        echo ""
        exit 64
        ;;
esac
--cut here--


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