On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:08 AM Vaidyanathaswamy, Anandsaikrishnan < avaidyanathasw...@corelogic.com> wrote:
> Good Morning, > > > > We have older version of postgres 8.3.7, I am trying to install postgres > on ubuntu 14.04 LTS under GCP instance, Im having difficulty in > installating the postgres 8.3.7 . > > > > We are not able proceed with the installation manually. I am wondering > whether ubuntu 14 is compatible with version 8.3.7 > > > > root@postgres83ubuntu:/home/rsa-key-20181011/postgresql-8.3.7# ./configure > > checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > > checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > > checking which template to use... linux > > checking whether to build with 64-bit integer date/time support... no > > checking whether NLS is wanted... no > > checking for default port number... 5432 > > checking for gcc... no > > checking for cc... no > > configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > > > > > First, I would *strongly* suggest upgrading to a newer version for security, performance and support. But if you insist on compiling, the answer is in your output - it isn't finding a compiler. Be sure to install gcc or other compiler. Cheers, Steve