Forum OpenACS Q&A: problems installing postgres7.1.3

Posted by alaa aziz on 08/17/02 03:37 PM

HI
im currently doing my thesis using OPENACS ... so im trying to
install posrtgres7.1.3, i followed all the steps and when i
do ./configure in the postgres directory it says:
configuration error: cc not acceptable

i installed it on another machine and didnt get this error
if anyone could help i would be grateful
alaa

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Posted by Peter Alberer on 08/17/02 04:37 PM

This does not help your original question, but i recommend using postgres 7.2. just download the rpms and install those. no need to compile the sources. postgres 7.2 works with openacs and has quite a number of advantages compared to 7.1.3.

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Posted by Jun Yamog on 08/17/02 05:42 PM

Alaa just like what Peter said. The future direction maybe to move the support to 7.2

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Posted by Roberto Mello on 08/17/02 05:44 PM

Wow, seems like a lot of people are writing thesis on OpenACS.

Alaa, next time give us more details so we can answer your question better. You didn't especify which platform you're trying to compile PostgreSQL under (GNU/Linux, *BSD, HP/UX, Solaris, Windows).

I second the recommendation to start with PostgreSQL 7.2.1. If you are using GNU/Linux you are probably using a popular distribution which most likely has a package management system (RPMs, DEBs). If so you should use the postgresql packages for that distribution for it'll save you the trouble of compiling from scratch, and will setup nice startup scripts and all that.

Debian has excellent PostgreSQL packages and is a very excellent distribution, although I wouldn't recommend it unless you have previous UNIX experience.

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Posted by Michael Bluett on 08/17/02 06:28 PM

Regarding 7.2, perhaps someone should change the documentation to specifically state which versions are okay? e.g. "OpenACS 4.5 requires 7.1.3 or higher, specifically working with 7.2.1". I went ahead and installed 7.2.1 despite "Install PostgreSQL 7.1.3" being the title of the PostgreSQL chapter.