Re: [GENERAL] ld.so failed

> after installation of postgresql 6.4.2 on my Freebsd machine I can
> not create a database
>
> bash-2.03$ createdb mydb
> ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libpq.so.2.0"
> createdb: database creation failed on mydb.
>
> I have checked the permissons and the PATH env. Everything
> seems to be ok.
>
> I checked the lib/ dir for pqlib.so.2.0 and it is there.
>
> So wath can I do?
> Any hints?

likely you need to (as root):

# ldconfig -R /usr/local/pgsql/lib
(or whereever you installed the libraries)

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