Re: Unable to createlang

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Tom Harkaway <tomh(at)hvpa(dot)com> wrote:

> I am having a problem trying to create a language in a new install of
> Postgres
> - I have installed postgres 9.1 on a minimal (i.e. no GUI) CentOS 6.2
> system.
> - Psql is running and I am able to connect to the database from pgAdmin
> running on a Windows box.
> - Postgres was installed in /opt/postgres
> - The data was placed in /var/postgres/data.
>
> I am migrating a database from an 8.4 system to the new system. I am
> trying to add the plperl and plperlu languages, which are used in the 8.4
> system.
>
> The command I am using is:
>
> createlang -U postgres plperl hf-hvpa
>
> The message I get back is:
>
> createlang: language installation failed: ERROR: could not load
> library "/opt/postgres/lib/postgresql/plperl.so": libperl.so: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> I am doing this as the root user, but I have also tried it using my login
> and as the postgres user. The plperl.so file is in the indicated directory,
> but I am not sure what the reference to libperl.so means. Is that a
> separate file I need to download?
>
> I am fairy new to both Linux and Postgres, however I have successfully
> installed Postgres on a Windows systems.
>
> Sincerely appreciate any help.
>
>
set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to the PostgreSQL lib location
location and retry.

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Regards,
Raghavendra
EnterpriseDB Corporation
Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/

> Tom Harkaway
>
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