Re: BUG #14292: Error in installing the postgresql 9.3

On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 07:56 +0000, kashyap(dot)nagendra(at)xerox(dot)com wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      14292
> Logged by:          nagendra kashyap
> Email address:      kashyap(dot)nagendra(at)xerox(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.3.14
> Operating system:   RHEL7
> Description:        
>
> While configuring postgresql 9.3 we received below errors.

Preferred approach is to use PGDG rpms from yum.postgresql.org

enable repo:
yum install https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/9.3/redhat/rh
el-7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat93-9.3-2.noarch.rpm

install postgresql:
yum install postgresql93-server postgresql93-contrib

> **********************************
> configure: error: readline library not 
> found
> If you have readline already installed, see config.log for details on
> the
> failure.  It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper
> directory.
> Use --without-readline to disable readline support
> ***********************************
> configure: error: zlib library not found
> If you have zlib already installed, see config.log for details on the
> failure.  It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper
> directory.
> Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support.
> ***********************************
> So we had to use below configuration command.
> *************************************
> ./configure --mandir=/u01/Database/PostgreSQL/9.3/man
> --prefix=/u01/Database/PostgreSQL/9.3 --without-readline --without-
> zlib
> **************************************
> But I believe there would be some issue in the future if we disable
> zlib. So
> could you please  if we can reconfigure the postgresql with zlib with
> out
> disturbing the existing system or should be reinstall the database?
>
> Please let us know.
>
>
>
>

Without readline library (some of them):
1 command editing is not possible in psql
2 history navigation not possible in psql

Without zlib:
pg_dump, pg_restore, pg_baseback will not support
compression/uncompression

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Kind Regards,
Yogesh Sharma
Data Architect
Crunchy Data - http://crunchydata.com
PostgreSQL Support for Secure Enterprises
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