Re: BUG #4661: Installation

Thomas Waelde wrote:

> checking test program... failed
> configure: error:
> Could not execute a simple test program. This may be a problem
> related to locating shared libraries. Check the file 'config.log'
> for the exact reason.

This is unlikely to be a bug in Pg - it's known to compile and work
perfectly well on Ubuntu 8.10 .

Perhaps you should do what the error message says and look at
"config.log" ? If you still have trouble, post a request for assistance
to -general and MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE A LINK TO YOUR config.log FILE. DO
NOT ATTACH IT. A good place to upload such files is http://rafb.net/ .

Alternately, if you're not comfortable building from source just install
PostgreSQL from the Ubuntu repositories (using backports if needed).

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Craig Ringer