<div>On 10/29/07, Gunawan <<a href="mailto:jgun98.milis@gmail.com">jgun98.milis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ML" <<a href="mailto:ml@seven.sys.com.mx">ml@seven.sys.com.mx</a>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Install PostgreSQL 8.2.5 >> Hi All, >> I am having problem while installing Postgre... >> >> List of files >> joe@joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ ls -all >> total 1332 >> drwxrwxrwx 6 joe joe 4096 2007-10-26 22:53 . >> drwxr-xr-x 5 joe joe 4096 2007-10-26 22:29 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 445 2004-04-23 14:15 aclocal.m4 >> drwxrwxrwx 2 joe joe 4096 2007-10-26 22:29 config >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 6676 2007-10-26 22:53 config.log >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe joe 704819 2007-09-14 16:18 configure >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 47564 2007-09-14 16:18 <a href="http://configure.in">configure.in</a> >> drwxrwxrwx 31 joe joe 4096 2007-10-26 22:29 contrib >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 1192 2006-03-05 10:58 COPYRIGHT >> drwxrwxrwx 4 joe joe 4096 2007-10-26 22:29 doc >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 3787 2006-08-18 15:58 GNUmakefile.in >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 491670 2007-09-16 01:19 HISTORY >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 47443 2007-09-16 01:19 INSTALL >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 1434 2006-08-18 15:58 Makefile >> -rw-r--r-- 1 joe joe 2062 2006-07-24 12:55 README >> drwxrwxrwx 14 joe joe 4096 2007-10-26 22:29 src >> >> >> Instruction in the INSTALL file >> Short Version >> >> ./configure >> gmake >> su >> gmake install >> adduser postgres >> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data >> chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data >> su - postgres >> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 & >> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test >> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test >> >> >> >> I tried to run ./configure but got this error >> >> joe@joe-desktop :~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ ./configure >> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 >> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 >> checking which template to use... linux >> checking whether to build with 64-bit integer date/time support... no >> checking whether NLS is wanted... no >> checking for default port number... 5432 >> checking for gcc... gcc >> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C >> compiler cannot >> create executables >> See `config.log' for more details. >> joe@joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ >> >> >> joe@joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql- 8.2.5$ gcc --version >> gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4) >> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is >> NO >> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR >> PURPOSE. >> >> joe@joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ >> >> >> joe@joe-desktop :~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ gmake >> bash: gmake: command not found >> >> joe@joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ make >> You need to run the 'configure' program first. See the file >> 'INSTALL' for installation instructions. >> make: *** [all] Error 1 >> >> joe@joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ make --version >> GNU Make 3.81 >> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. >> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A >> PARTICULAR PURPOSE. >> >> This program built for i486-pc-linux-gnu >> joe@joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ >> >> I can't complete postgresql installation. >> >> TIA >> Gun >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> >> > > > sudo apt-get install build-essential ></blockquote><div> Hi, </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> May I know what is it for?</blockquote><div> It installs a list of packages which are considered essential for building, compiling packages. Use # aptitude show package-name for a short description of any package. There are a lot of auxiliary tools and build helper available for what you are doing. On Google Video is a Talk from Jonathan Oxer, which may gives you a short overview of building software and packages on Ubuntu/Debian. <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6726522426109060914">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6726522426109060914</a> [Google Video] Regards, Benjamin </div></div>