Re: Postgres older version 8.3.7 on ubuntu 14

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:08 AM Vaidyanathaswamy, Anandsaikrishnan <
avaidyanathaswamy(at)corelogic(dot)com> wrote:

> Good Morning,
>
>
>
> We have older version of postgres 8.3.7, I am trying to install postgres
> on ubuntu 14.04 LTS under GCP instance, Im having difficulty in
> installating the postgres 8.3.7 .
>
>
>
> We are not able proceed with the installation manually. I am wondering
> whether ubuntu 14 is compatible with version 8.3.7
>
>
>
> root(at)postgres83ubuntu:/home/rsa-key-20181011/postgresql-8.3.7# ./configure
>
> checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> checking which template to use... linux
>
> checking whether to build with 64-bit integer date/time support... no
>
> checking whether NLS is wanted... no
>
> checking for default port number... 5432
>
> checking for gcc... no
>
> checking for cc... no
>
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
>
>
>
>
>
First, I would *strongly* suggest upgrading to a newer version for
security, performance and support.

But if you insist on compiling, the answer is in your output - it isn't
finding a compiler. Be sure to install gcc or other compiler.

Cheers,
Steve