Re: [GENERAL] Re: DBD-Pg Install problems

From: "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: astromonk <astromonk(at)flashmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, "expert(at)linux-mandrake(dot)com" <expert(at)linux-mandrake(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, "dbi-users(at)isc(dot)org" <dbi-users(at)isc(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: DBD-Pg Install problems
Date: 1999-08-01 21:11:15
Message-ID: 199908012111.WAA21208@linda.lfix.co.uk
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astromonk wrote:
...
>I checked the documentation and still not sure what I should set POSTGRES_HO
>ME to.
>I set it to /usr/lib/pgsql where some files are found and /var/lib/pgsql whe
>re other
>postgres files are found and tried to install DBD but it still told me that
>I needed to
>set POSTGRES_HOME. What is DBD looking for anyway?

It's using it here (Makefile.PL):
my %opts = (
...
INC => "-I$ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}/include ...
...
LIBS => ["-L$ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}/lib -lpq"],

);

So it wants to find the include files and the libraries.

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