Re: NO acceptable C compiler found in the $PATH

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Nikhil Saple <jnikhilsaple8(at)gmail(dot)com>, Postgres Bug <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: NO acceptable C compiler found in the $PATH
Date: 2021-01-13 15:13:10
Message-ID: 1280729.1610550790@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 6:32 AM Nikhil Saple <jnikhilsaple8(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>> Hi team while installing postgresql I found this error saying No
>> acceptable C compiler found in the $Path please assist how to proceed

> Install an acceptable C compiler?

If the system lacks a C compiler then it likely also lacks a lot of
other infrastructure needed to build from the source-code distribution
(header files, libraries, etc etc).

Probably the OP would be better off to install a pre-built package.

regards, tom lane

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