Installation-trouble

From: "Christoph Lange" <lucky78(at)gmx(dot)de>
To: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Installation-trouble
Date: 2001-02-28 21:57:05
Message-ID: 00d901c0a1d1$767093a0$3398e784@ChristophLange
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Dear Postgresql-experts,

this is a desperate cry for help to all of you! I am quite a rookie concerning Unix and databases. Despite this fact I have tried to install Postgresql 7.0.3 into my homedirectory (/home/lange) on a Unix platform for a test run. Following the installation guide like a lemming everything had worked quite fine until I tried to create my first table producing this:

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uranus% /home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/createdb testdb
ld.so.1: /home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/psql: fatal: libpq.so: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
createdb: database creation failed

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Unfortunately I don't know how to solve this problem, though - I guess - it must be something obvious.
It would be very, very kind if somebody gave some advice to me.

Thank you for helping out a clueless rookie.
Christoph Lange

PS: Those are all commands (and some results) I have used until now.

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uranus% cd /home/lange/pgsql
uranus% gunzip postgresql-7.0.3.tar.gz
uranus% tar -xf postgresql-7.0.3.tar
uranus% cd postgresql-7.0.3/src
uranus% mkdir /home/lange/pgsql/local
uranus% ./configure --prefix=/home/lange/pgsql/local
Only thing that looked suspicious among all messages:
configure: warning: TCL/TK support disabled; tcl shell is not in your path
uranus% gmake
All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install
uranus% cd /home/lange/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.3/src/test/regress
uranus% gmake clean
uranus% gmake all
uranus% gmake runcheck
All tests were ok
uranus% cd /home/lange/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.3/src/
uranus% gmake install
Thank you for choosing PostgreSQL, the most advanced open source database
engine.
uranus% mkdir /home/lange/pgsql/local/data
uranus% chown lange /home/lange/pgsql/local/data
uranus% su - lange
Password:
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.6 Generic August 1997
uranus% /home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/initdb -D /home/lange/pgsql/local/data
Success. You can now start the database server using:
/home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/postmaster -D /home/lange/pgsql/local/data
or
/home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/pg_ctl -D /home/lange/pgsql/local/data start
uranus% /home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/postmaster -D /home/lange/pgsql/local/data&
[1] 11787
uranus% DEBUG: Data Base System is starting up at Wed Feb 28 15:46:52 2001
DEBUG: Data Base System was shut down at Wed Feb 28 15:42:51 2001
DEBUG: Data Base System is in production state at Wed Feb 28 15:46:52 2001
uranus% /home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/createdb testdb
ld.so.1: /home/lange/pgsql/local/bin/psql: fatal: libpq.so: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
createdb: database creation failed

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