<raj.indian.08 <at> gmail.com> writes: > I am trying to install psycopg2 in my windows machine for > connecting with the PostgreSQL server. > Since there is no binary executable*, I am trying to build my own > - and I am facing this issue. > > C:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: > cannot find -lpq > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 > > After a little bit of googling, I found that this can be solved > by -L<directory name> while linking - but I am not specifically > linking the code. Rather, I am installing by doing the following -
I don't think the lpq library comes (in the correct format) with the latest versions of PostgreSQL hence I had the same problem which I never resolved. You can get windows binaries from http://www.stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/ though. HTH, Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
