Eric Wright <eric(dot)linux(at)shaw(dot)ca> writes:
> when I run gmake I get the following error.
> gmake: Entering an unknown directory
> gmake: *** jdbc: No such file or directory. Stop.
> gmake: Leaving an unknown directory
> I know that I am missing something, can anyone help me with what that
> might be?
It looks like you don't have a complete file set. Did you download the
whole Postgres distribution, or just one of the partial tarballs?
See eg
ftp://ftp3.us.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/README.dist-split
regards, tom lane