Re: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.3

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Surabhi Ahuja <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.3
Date: 2005-02-21 07:25:19
Message-ID: 20050221072519.GA28993@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 12:47:58PM +0530, Surabhi Ahuja wrote:

> cc -I/usr/local/pgsql/include sample.c -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lpq -o sample
> I then run it....and it gives and error
> [indra:/homes/surabi] ./sample
> ./sample: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

You probably need to specify a runtime library search path option
like -R or -rpath (see your compiler or linker documentation). For
example, the following might work:

cc -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -R/usr/local/pgsql/lib ...

See also the manual page for the ldd command if your system has it.

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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