Re: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.3

On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 12:47:58PM +0530, Surabhi Ahuja  wrote:

> cc -I/usr/local/pgsql/include    sample.c  -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lpq -o sample
> I then run it....and it gives and error
> [indra:/homes/surabi] ./sample
> ./sample: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

You probably need to specify a runtime library search path option
like -R or -rpath (see your compiler or linker documentation).  For
example, the following might work:

cc -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -R/usr/local/pgsql/lib ...

See also the manual page for the ldd command if your system has it.

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