If your running on a RedHat installation --
Add the line: /usr/local/pgsql/lib
to the bottom of the file: /etc/ld.so.conf
then run ldconfig.
Your app will now find the shared file.
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: <dsmclennan@spipowernet.com.au>
To: <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:57 PM
Subject: C interface libpq.so.2 problem
> Hi ,
>
> as a new user I have followed the Momjian libpq sample program format
>
> #include "libpq-fe.h"
>
> and cc -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -o myapp myapp.c
> -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lpq
>
> my application compiles but on execution gives
>
> libpq.so.2: cannot open shared object file
>
> Similar problems have been listed before but none of the suggestions fixed
> my problem.
> Does anyone recognise this problem?
>
> Thanks
>
> David McLennan
>
>
>
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