On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 09:31:35AM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> will trillich wrote:
> >NOW if i can just get PERL to work with DBD::Pg again, i'd
> >be done! this is gonna be fun to track down now that my data
> >is back...
> >
> >Can't load '/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux/auto/DBD/Pg/Pg.so' for modul
> >e DBD::Pg: libpq.so.2.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> > directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 169.
>
> If you recompile the source package of DBD this problem should go away.
> The library is now libpq.so.2.1
sure enough! here's how i did it -- on my debian system
using tcsh:
# apt-get install postgresql-dev
# cpan (or 'perl -MCPAN -e shell' i think)
cpan> look DBD::Pg
# setenv POSTGRESQL_INCLUDE /usr/include/postgresql
# setenv POSTGRESQL_LIB /usr/lib/postgresql/lib
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make install
# ^D
cpan> q
#
oliver has saved my bacon once again... many thanks!
(maybe one day i can help someone else out of a jam... maybe)
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