On 2012-09-25 18:54:11 +0000, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > zeljko wrote: > >On Tuesday 25 of September 2012 19:56:52 Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > >>Hi, I've installed PostgreSql from sources on a Linux machine, it's > >>installed on /usr/local/pgsql. It's libraries are in > >>/usr/local/pgsql/lib, and I updated my /etc/ld.so.conf to look there, > >>but still, when I run a simple testing app written with lazarus I'm > >>getting this: > >> > >>EInOutError : Can not load PostgreSQL client library "libpq.so". Check > >>your installation > >> > >>What can be happening?. > > > >Loader does not see /usr/local/pgsql/lib directory > >try export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/local/pgsql/lib > >from terminal and then start your app ./myapplication > > Do you actually /have/ a libpq.so? I've usually had to set up a > symlink to get the names right. > > As I understand it, there's an optional parameter on the library > initialisation call to specify the exact library name, and there was > recent discussion about how best to expose this to programmers via > the LCL. > > -- > Mark Morgan Lloyd > markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk > > [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] >
libpq.so is a symlink to libpq.so.5.4, yes, I have both. -- Leonardo M. Ramé http://leonardorame.blogspot.com -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus