have you seen this ling on Postgres Install?
http://people.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html
----- Original Message -----
From: SunMie Won <sunmiewon@yahoo.com>
To: <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:16 PM
Subject: [BUGS] library path
> I am trying to do an install of PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on Red Hat 6.0. I have
> unzipped, compiled, and installed successfully, but am having trouble
> creating the database cluster. I am using the command as the postgres
user:
> initdb --pgdata/usr/local/pgsql/data
> and get the message:
> "initdb does not know where to find the files that make up the Postgres
> (PGLIB directory). You must identify the PGLIB directory either with a
> --pglib invocation " .... etc.
>
> I have set the following environment variable:
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/library
>
> Is that related? What am I doing wrong, or forgetting?
>
> SunMie Won
> sunmiewon@yahoo.com
> 415.336.3382 cell
> 530.550.0833 home
>
>
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