Re: Installing FullTextSearchTool tsearch2

Oleg Bartunov wrote:

>Marcel,
>
>it's very difficult from you message where do you lost.
>pgsql version, OS version, cut'n paste of commands you run and
>output would be fine.
>
>To install tsearch2 most people need (as postgresql superuser):
>
>1. install postgresql and headers
>2. cd contrib/tsearch2
>3. make; make install; make installcheck
>
>Note, tsearch2 is just a plain contrib module and installation is
>the same as for other modules.
>
> Oleg
>On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Marcel Boscher wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hello everybody,
>>
>>i tried to "J.U.S.T" install the FullTextSearchTool tsearch2 under the
>>guidiance of :
>>http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/tsearch/V2/
>><http://www.sai.msu.su/%7Emegera/postgres/gist/tsearch/V2/>
>>and i'm almost losing my mind...
>><runningagainstwallheadsfirst>
>>after i installed postgre which works fine i change to the folder
>>/contrib/tsearch2/
>>there i guessed to use MAKE as it is not mentioned in the manual
>>seemed to work...
>>from then everything i tried to execute as guided on their website i get
>>loads and pagelong error messages varying in many different error messages
>>most are current transaction is aborted til end stuff
>>over to syntax error at or near default at character 1
>>or could not access file$libdir/tsearch2: no such file or directory
>>
>>does anybody have a short instruction manual with only the syntax
>>on how to install the fulltextcrap without 10000 words around telling
>>lies of how wonderful and easy this god made tool is? ...
>>Gods are here to see:
>>http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/oleg-teodor-1.jpg
>><http://www.sai.msu.su/%7Emegera/postgres/gist/tsearch/V2/>
>>Just a simple 10 line instruction on what to do after installing
>>postgre the fashioned old way and now wanting to add tsearch2
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated
>>Thx in advance
>>
>>

The instructions I have for installing it are:

cd /POSTGRES_SOURCE_LOCATION//contrib/tsearch2
make
sudo make install
psql < tsearch2.sql

(http://www.visualdistortion.org/sqllogger/install.html)

Not very tough.

Jeff