Thread: library path

library path

From

"SunMie Won"

Date:

19 October 2001, 11:30:43

I am trying to do an install of PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on Red Hat 6.0. I have
unzipped, compiled, and installed successfully, but am having trouble
creating the database cluster. I am using the command as the postgres user:
initdb --pgdata/usr/local/pgsql/data
and get the message:
"initdb does not know where to find the files that make up the Postgres
(PGLIB directory). You must identify the PGLIB directory either with a
--pglib invocation " .... etc.

I have set the following environment variable:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/library

Is that related? What am I doing wrong, or forgetting?

SunMie Won
sunmiewon@yahoo.com
415.336.3382 cell
530.550.0833 home

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Re: library path

From

Tom Lane

Date:

19 October 2001, 14:22:39

"SunMie Won" <sunmiewon@yahoo.com> writes:
> I am trying to do an install of PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on Red Hat 6.0. I have
> unzipped, compiled, and installed successfully, but am having trouble
> creating the database cluster. I am using the command as the postgres user:
> initdb --pgdata/usr/local/pgsql/data
> and get the message:
> "initdb does not know where to find the files that make up the Postgres
> (PGLIB directory). You must identify the PGLIB directory either with a
> --pglib invocation " .... etc.

7.1's initdb script contains no such error message.  I suspect you are
invoking the wrong version of initdb, ie one left over from an older
PG installation.  Check your PATH.

            regards, tom lane

Re: library path

From

Cristiano Gonçalve e Souza

Date:

19 October 2001, 16:40:06

have you seen this ling on Postgres Install?

http://people.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html

----- Original Message -----
From: SunMie Won <sunmiewon@yahoo.com>
To: <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:16 PM
Subject: [BUGS] library path


> I am trying to do an install of PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on Red Hat 6.0. I have
> unzipped, compiled, and installed successfully, but am having trouble
> creating the database cluster. I am using the command as the postgres
user:
> initdb --pgdata/usr/local/pgsql/data
> and get the message:
> "initdb does not know where to find the files that make up the Postgres
> (PGLIB directory). You must identify the PGLIB directory either with a
> --pglib invocation " .... etc.
>
> I have set the following environment variable:
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/library
>
> Is that related? What am I doing wrong, or forgetting?
>
> SunMie Won
> sunmiewon@yahoo.com
> 415.336.3382 cell
> 530.550.0833 home
>
>
>


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Re: library path

From

Tom Lane

Date:

19 October 2001, 16:44:25

"SunMie Won" <sunmiewon@yahoo.com> writes:
> Thanks for your response. This is the first and only install of PG on this
> box, so that sounds a bit strange. I have no other installations the check
> for, unless one comes standard with Red Hat 6.0.

One does, I believe.  I still think you are invoking the wrong copy of
initdb, probably because the old one is first on your PATH.
Try "which initdb".

            regards, tom lane

Re: library path

From

Lamar Owen

Date:

19 October 2001, 17:40:50

On Friday 19 October 2001 01:09 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> "SunMie Won" <sunmiewon@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Thanks for your response. This is the first and only install of PG on
> > this box, so that sounds a bit strange. I have no other installations the
> > check for, unless one comes standard with Red Hat 6.0.

> One does, I believe.  I still think you are invoking the wrong copy of
> initdb, probably because the old one is first on your PATH.
> Try "which initdb".

RH 6.0 shipped with PostgreSQL 6.4.2.  An 'rpm -qa|grep postgresql' will find
it if installed.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11

Re: library path

From

"SunMie Won"

Date:

23 October 2001, 12:21:06

Thanks for your response. This is the first and only install of PG on this
box, so that sounds a bit strange. I have no other installations the check
for, unless one comes standard with Red Hat 6.0.

I have updated the PGLIB setting (to /usr/local/pgsql/lib) and now get this
message:
* * *
initdb does not find the file
'/usr/local/pgsql/lib/local1_template1.bki.source'
-
This means you have identified an invalid PGLIB directory, etc.
* * *
I checked in the PGLIB directory and only see files that start with libpq*,
libe*, or libpq*. Am I missing any files?

Thanks in advance-

SunMie Won
sunmiewon@yahoo.com
415.336.3382 cell
530.550.0833 home

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 7:37 AM
To: sunmiewon@yahoo.com
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [BUGS] library path

"SunMie Won" <sunmiewon@yahoo.com> writes:
> I am trying to do an install of PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on Red Hat 6.0. I have
> unzipped, compiled, and installed successfully, but am having trouble
> creating the database cluster. I am using the command as the postgres
user:
> initdb --pgdata/usr/local/pgsql/data
> and get the message:
> "initdb does not know where to find the files that make up the Postgres
> (PGLIB directory). You must identify the PGLIB directory either with a
> --pglib invocation " .... etc.

7.1's initdb script contains no such error message.  I suspect you are
invoking the wrong version of initdb, ie one left over from an older
PG installation.  Check your PATH.

            regards, tom lane

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