Re: Pg 8.3.6 installation

Isabella Ghiurea wrote:
> Hi Ray,
>
> Thank  you , that was the rpm I was missing ( DEVEL), now I 'm getting
> zlib missing , BUT is there ...Do I need a special flavor also  ?
> rpm -qa zlib
> zlib-1.2.3-3
> zlib-1.2.3-3
> checking for library containing shmget... none required
> checking for -lreadline... yes (-lreadline -ltermcap)
> checking for inflate in -lz... no
> configure: error: zlib library not found
> If you have zlib already installed, see config.log for details on the
> failure.  It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper
> directory.
> Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support.

You need zlib-devel.

Is there are particular reason you aren't just using the precompiled
RPMS for 8.3.6?

Joshua D. Drake
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