Received: from hopestreet.net (IDENT:root@adsl-63-194-113-41.dsl.snlo01.pacbell.net [63.194.113.41]) by hub.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e6VLsKB47827 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:54:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Sin ([192.168.1.100]) by hopestreet.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA19990; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:58:23 -0700 Message-ID: <004c01bffb39$671f85d0$6401a8c0@Sin> From: "ryan" To: "Stephan Szabo" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Installation problem Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:50:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 X-Archive-Number: 200007/105 I did have PG 6.5.3 I think. I moved it out of the directory it was in and put it in a pgsql_old directory. Is there something else I need to do to get rid of it? At this point what should I do to get rid of all of them? Thanks for the help. -ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Szabo" To: "ryan" Cc: Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installation problem > > Did you have a previous version of postgres installed on the machine > (perhaps an RPM if you're on a linux box)? I don't think psql shouldn't > be in /usr/bin by the normal installation from the source package. > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, ryan wrote: > > > . I just installed Postgres 7.0.2 on my system and followed the installation instructions to the T. i even ran the regression tests and everything works fine, until i try to create a database. > > logged in as 'postgres', i issue the command "createdb testdb" i get > > the following response: > > > > /usr/bin/psql: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/bin/psql: undefined symbol: pg_encoding_to_char > > createdb: database creation failed > > > > any help with this would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance