Re: psql undefined symbol error on Ubuntu

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "Harsha Hegde" <harsha(dot)hegde(at)vonage(dot)com> writes:
> > I have installed postgres client on an Ubuntu machine. However, when I
> > try to run 'psql', I get this error message:
>
> > # psql
> > /usr/lib/postgresql/8.3/bin/psql: symbol lookup error:
> > /usr/local/lib/libreadline.so.5: undefined symbol: PC
>
> This is a readline problem --- it's missing some underlying library,
> probably libtermcap.
>
> regards, tom lane

This is library missing error and you have to soft link with libedit.so.2.
use below command to soft link with library.

ln -s /lib/libreadline.so.5 /lib/libedit.so.2

Run the psql as a postgres user,like
psql -d <database name> -p <port> -U <username>

Thanks & Regards,
Raghu Ram

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