[Pljava-dev] can't install pl/java undefined symbol errstart

aditya Kulkarni wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I was trying to install pl/java on my postgres 7.4.3. I set up all the
>classpaths and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and all that and started postgres.
>Now, when i try to deploy pl/java, i get these errors.
>
>java -cp .:pljava.jar:deploy.jar:/prog/software/libs/pg74.214.jdbc3.jar
>org.postgresql.pljava.deploy.Deployer -reinstall -user akulkarni
>-database postgresql
>java.sql.SQLException: ERROR: Load of file
>/prog/software/downloads/pljava/libpljava.so failed:
>/prog/software/downloads/pljava/libpljava.so: undefined symbol:
>errstart
> at org.postgresql.core.QueryExecutor.executeV2(QueryExecutor.java:287)
> at org.postgresql.core.QueryExecutor.execute(QueryExecutor.java:104)
> at org.postgresql.core.QueryExecutor.execute(QueryExecutor.java:43)
> ...
>
>What does this mean ? undefined symbol errstart... I tried to google
>this, but not much help. When i look at the postgres log ( set at
>min_level = info ), this is what i get...
>
>LOG: database system is ready
>FATAL: unsupported frontend protocol
>ERROR: Language java doesn't exist
>LOG: statement: DROP LANGUAGE java CASCADE
>ERROR: Load of file /prog/software/downloads/pljava/libpljava.so
>failed: /prog/software/downloads/pljava/libpljava.so: undefined
>symbol: errstart
>LOG: statement: CREATE FUNCTION sqlj.java_call_handler() RETURNS
>language_handler AS 'libpljava' LANGUAGE C
>LOG: pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection
>
>
>Why is it saying unsopported frontend protocol at the start... ?
>
>Can you help me here ? Thanks in advance
>
>
My immediate guess is that you try to connect to an older postgresql
backend. Do you have an older installation running that occupies the
TCP/IP port perhaps? If so, it would explain both the "unsupported
frontend protocol" and the "undefined symbol: errstart".

Regards,

Thomas Hallgren