Re: compiling postgresql with uuid-ossp failure

Sorry: My system is:
Linux
Slackware64-Current
Postgresql-11.2

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 9:33 AM Ibrahim Shaame <ishaame(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I have installed idempiere ERP which requires uuid-ossp library. I have
> tried to recompile postgresql-11.2 with the option --with-uuid=ossp. When
> run I
>
> CREATE EXTENSION "uuid-ossp";
>
> I get the following error:
> ERROR: could not open extension control file
> "/data/databases/postgres/pgsql11/share/extension/uuid-ossp.control": No
> such file or directory.
>
> select * from pg_available_extensions;
>
> gives me this list (without uuid-ossp, of course):
>
> name | default_version | installed_version |
> comment
>
> ------------+-----------------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------
> pltclu | 1.0 | | PL/TclU untrusted
> procedural language
> pltcl | 1.0 | | PL/Tcl procedural
> language
> plperl | 1.0 | | PL/Perl procedural
> language
> plperlu | 1.0 | | PL/PerlU untrusted
> procedural language
> plpythonu | 1.0 | | PL/PythonU untrusted
> procedural language
> plpython2u | 1.0 | | PL/Python2U untrusted
> procedural language
> plpgsql | 1.0 | 1.0 | PL/pgSQL procedural
> language
> (7 rows)
>
>
>
> Is there a reason why this extension was not created during
> compilation/installation?
>
> Thanks
>