On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Vince Vielhaber <vev(a)michvhf.com&gt; wrote: > > Configuring xemacs with postgresql support I get this: > > configure:15806: gcc -o conftest -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline > -Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -fno-strict-aliasing -Wshadow > -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib conftest.c > -ljpeg -lz -lXt -lX11 -lSM -lICE -lncurses -lpq -lm -lutil 1>&5 > ./conftest: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.4: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > configure: failed program was: > #line 15802 "configure" > #include "confdefs.h" > int main(int c,char *v[]){return 0;} > > but: > > $ ls -l /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root postgres 197530 Oct 16 23:33 /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.a > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root postgres 12 Oct 16 23:33 /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so -> libpq.so.4.1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root postgres 12 Oct 16 23:33 /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.4 -> libpq.so.4.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root postgres 139625 Oct 16 23:33 /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.4.1 > $ > > It's there. > > uname -a: > > Linux paprika 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Configure options: > > ./configure \ > --with-toolbars=yes \ > --with-x11 \ > --site-prefixes=/usr/local/pgsql \ > --with-postgresql > > Any suggestions? For now I'll compile without postgres support. is /usr/local/pgsql/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf? My guess would be that, in addition to the "-L" ld flag, you need to fix up /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. - Vin