Ubuntu libraries needed

On 9/11/07, Ralph Smith <smithrn@u.washington.edu> wrote:

I have a new install of 7.4 Ubuntu, and I'm looking for some advice on where
to get the libraries I need for the source configure and install to work.
Does anybody know off the top of their head where to look?

You're not missing libraries (maybe you are, you haven't gotten
that far yet). Check config.log to find what exactly the script
was trying to do when it failed.

Thanks!

cheers,
Andrej

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On 9/10/07, Ralph Smith <smithrn@u.washington.edu> wrote:

I have a new install of 7.4 Ubuntu, and I'm looking for some advice on where
to get the libraries I need for the source configure and install to work.
Does anybody know off the top of their head where to look?
Thanks!
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smithrn@smithrn-ltb1:~/Desktop/postgresql-7.4.17$ ./configure
--prefix=/usr/local/pgslq7417 --with-perl --with-python --with-krb5
--with-openssl
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-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... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
cannot create executables
smithrn@smithrn-ltb1:~/Desktop/postgresql-7.4.17$

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Ralph Smith
smithrn@u.washington.edu
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you need to install the package build-essential that install all you
need to compile and make executables

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Leonel