[postgis-users] initdb reporting error.

[Seamus Thomas Carroll]

Here is the version number:
/scratch/postgresql/bin/initdb --version
initdb (PostgreSQL) 7.4

When I type env I am given the following classpath:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/scratch/simgear/lib/:/scratch/plib/lib/:/scratch/postgresql/lib:/usr/local/lib:

I then try to init the db with.
/scratch/postgresql/bin/initdb -D /home/vraid2/carrolls/database

And then I get the error where it looks at the standard location.  Has any
one else installed postresql 7.4 in a nonstandard location?

Seamus

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 chodgson at refractions.net wrote:

> If you do:
>
> which initdb
>
> What is the result? Are you using the initdb from the old install? It is
> probably earlier on your path.
>
> HTH.
> Chris
>
> Quoting Seamus Thomas Carroll <carrolls at cpsc.ucalgary.ca>:
>
> > 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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