| From: | Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Holger Jakobs <holger(at)jakobs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Necessary lib on Ubuntu for 17beta3 |
| Date: | 2024-08-09 07:45:37 |
| Message-ID: | 66b5c921.170a0220.115b3b.9b65@mx.google.com |
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Hi,
On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 09:38:16AM +0200, Holger Jakobs wrote:
> When trying to ./configure PostgreSQL 17 beta3, it complained that the ICU
> libraries weren't installed, when actually they were.
>
> On top of the ICU libraries themselves, another, seemingly unrelated,
> package had to be installed as well.
>
> On Ubuntu, this has to be done: apt install pkg-config
>
> I expect this to be the same on a Debian system, and maybe others.
This is discussed here:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/install-requirements.html
> A hint to this package in some README or BUILD file or in the error output
> of ./configure may be of great help.
I think you are right, the error could be improved. This is because
currently pkg-config support is not actively checked for and the
autoconf macros just fail in this case I believe.
Michael
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