Re: Build PostgreSQL With XML Support on Linux

I am using PostgreSQL 9.6.2

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 05/31/2017 06:24 AM, Osahon Oduware wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I successfully built PostgreSQL from source on Linux (Centos 7) using the
>> following:
>>
>
> What version of Postgres?
>
> ./configure --prefix=/home/nagispg/local/pgsql --with-libxml
>> --with-libxslt
>>
>
>
> I would look in config.log in the build directory for clues.
>
>
>> Prior to this I had installed the xml and xslt packages (amongst others)
>> using:
>> yum install libxml2-devel
>> yum install libxslt-devel
>>
>> However, when I try to store XML data in a table I get an error. The log
>> file states that I need to rebuild PostgreSQL with --with-libxml.
>>
>> When I run pg_config I get the following output:
>> BINDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/bin
>> DOCDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/share/doc
>> HTMLDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/share/doc
>> INCLUDEDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/include
>> PKGINCLUDEDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/include
>> INCLUDEDIR-SERVER = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/include/server
>> LIBDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/lib
>> PKGLIBDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/lib
>> LOCALEDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/share/locale
>> MANDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/share/man
>> SHAREDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/share
>> SYSCONFDIR = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/etc
>> PGXS = /home/nagispg/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk <
>> http://pgxs.mk>
>> CONFIGURE = '--prefix=/home/nagispg/local/pgsql'
>> CC = gcc
>> CPPFLAGS = -DFRONTEND -D_GNU_SOURCE
>> CFLAGS = -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith
>> -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wmissing-format-attribute
>> -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fexcess-precision=standard
>> -O2
>> CFLAGS_SL = -fpic
>> LDFLAGS = -L../../src/common -Wl,--as-needed
>> -Wl,-rpath,'/home/nagispg/local/pgsql/lib',--enable-new-dtags
>> LDFLAGS_EX =
>> LDFLAGS_SL =
>> LIBS = -lpgcommon -lpgport -lz -lreadline -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm
>> VERSION = PostgreSQL 9.6.2
>>
>> From the above, the LIBS doesn't indicate the presence of xml or xslt
>> (i.e -lxslt -lxml2).
>>
>> Could someone point me to what I am doing wrong.
>>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>