[postgis-users] initdb reporting error.

[Seamus Thomas Carroll]

Sorry for sending to this email to this users group.  I just noticed my 
screw up.  I have sent it to pgsql-general.

Seamus

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Seamus Thomas Carroll wrote:

> I dont seem to have the command "clre".  I am running redhat.
> 
> Seamus
> 
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, David Valentine wrote:
> 
> > How is the system level library path configured?
> > type 
> > clre
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Seamus Thomas Carroll" <carrolls at cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
> > To: <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:56 PM
> > Subject: [postgis-users] initdb reporting error.
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have installed postgres in a non-standard location with this call to 
> > > configure:
> > > ./configure --prefix=/scratch/postgresql-7.4/ 
> > > --exec-prefix=/scratch/postgresql-7.4 --libdir=/scratch/postgresql-7.4/lib
> > > make 
> > > make install
> > > 
> > > I then put /scratch/postgresql/bin/ in my PATH and /scratch/postgresql/lib 
> > > in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  I then source my bashrc.
> > > 
> > > I then run initdb with the following call:
> > > /scratch/postgresql/bin/initdb -D /home/grads/carrolls/database
> > > 
> > > I am then presented with the following error:
> > > creating conversions... ERROR:  could not load library 
> > > "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/utf8_and_iso8859_1.so": 
> > > /usr/local/pgsql/lib/utf8_and_iso8859_1.so: undefined symbol: elog
> > > 
> > > initdb: failed
> > > 
> > > There is an old postgres installation in /usr/local but i do not 
> > > understand why initdb would look there.  I do not have root permisions so 
> > > that is why I have installed at this non-standard location.  My Path and 
> > > LD_CLASS_PATH do not contain /usr/local/pgsql/....
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have an idea as to what I may be going wrong?  I have looked 
> > > everywhere and cant figure out where libdir is being set incorrectly.
> > > 
> > > Seamus
> > > 
> > > 
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