Forum OpenACS Q&A: Installing Postgresql

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1: Installing Postgresql
Posted by phil phil on 10/27/06 10:59 AM
i'm trying to compile and install postgres and got this error when i executed ./configure

checking for gcc: no
checking for cc: no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

How do i install gcc on ubuntu 5.04?

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2: Re: Installing Postgresql (response to 1)
Posted by Iuri Sampaio on 10/27/06 04:29 PM
hi phil
as you already wrote above, you need to install gcc compiler. wasn't ubuntu suposed to come with gcc installed?

anyway,
just google it and you will find good sources about ubuntu like tihs one:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-7527.html

then let us know how was pg installation! You can follow the pg installation tutorial written by Vinod.

So far, I've installed PG7.4 and PG8.1 on Madriva, Debian, and Solaris. All them worked well with the tutorial

https://openacs.org/doc/current/postgres.html

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3: Re: Installing Postgresql (response to 2)
Posted by Iuri Sampaio on 10/27/06 05:16 PM
More info about ubuntu/debian installation
https://openacs.org/xowiki/Debian_Ubuntu_installer_developing
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4: Re: Installing Postgresql (response to 3)
Posted by phil phil on 10/30/06 03:35 AM
hi iuri sampaio,
Thank you very much !!!
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5: Re: Installing Postgresql (response to 2)
Posted by phil phil on 10/30/06 07:23 AM
After installing the gcc compiler, i'm trying to install postgres following the installation tutorial by Vinod. I still got this error when i executed "make install".
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make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/postgresql-7.4.7/src/backend/utils'
/bin/sh ../../config/install-sh -c postgres /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres
cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/pgsql/bin/<span>#</span>inst.24827#': Permission denied
make[2]: *** [install-bin] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/postgresql-7.4.7/src/backend'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/postgresql-7.4.7/src'
make: *** [install] Error 2
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Thanks for your help again...
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6: Re: Installing Postgresql (response to 5)
Posted by Iuri Sampaio on 11/02/06 04:32 PM
it seems the directory is blocked to write permisions.

as root user you can run
chmod -R 755 /usr/local/pgsql

maybe it could be simple like that!

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7: Re: Installing Postgresql (response to 1)
Posted by LIM K.MING on 11/08/06 10:58 AM
i did as what you have told me, but still cannot solve the problem. Still same error. Any other solution?

Thanks...........

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8: Re: Installing Postgresql (response to 7)
Posted by Steve Manning on 11/09/06 02:06 PM
Try running 'make install' as root. You can always change the owner of the pgsql directory later.

- Steve