Re: "ld.so.l: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb: fatal:

setting it like you mention below will set it for this session only.  Setting
it in your .profile (Is solaris 10 still using /bin/sh and not bash as
the default shell?)  should make it available for each login.  I don't have a
solaris 10 machine to look at right now, but in most linux distros, you can
set system wide environemnt variables in /etc/profile.d, I would guess that
Solaris 10 has a similar setup.

Also, on linux machines, there is an /etc/ld.so.conf which has contains the
system wide search path for shared libs, solaris 10 has something similar in
/var/ld for 32bit and 64bit libs.  You can change this by running the crle
command (Configure Runtime Linker Environment).

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, olive Mckenzie wrote:

>
>  Is this how one set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH for bourne shell Solaris 10 x86
>  # LD_LIBRARY_PATH =/opt/sfw/lib
>  # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
>  or is there an init file I should insert it into.
>
>  Olive
>
>
>
> Jeff Frost <jeff@frostconsultingllc.com> wrote:
>  Olive,
>
> You need to locate the libreadline.so.4 shared library on your system. I'm
> guessing it's not in any of the standard locations and then add that path to
> your LD_LIBRARY_PATH. You might also need to install libreadline if you do
> not have it available on your system.
>
> I'm curious as to why initdb is kicking off when you su to the postgres user
> though. Is this how the solaris pkg is set up?
>
>