Thanks for your response, Tom! I got my postgresql build from the from a Novell SuSE Linux repository (mirror.susestudio.com). Here's the result of a run of ldd against the plperl.so file: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libperl.so => not found libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0xb76aa000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb76a5000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb767c000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb7644000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0xb7640000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7626000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb74ca000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb76f1000) Apparently it is unable to locate the libperl.so file in its current location. It looked like the "libperl.so" file is expected to be in the "/lib" directory (an assumption, but a good one if figured). I copied the "libperl.so" file from its original location to the "/lib" directory and tried the "createlang" command again - SUCCESS! Thanks for your help! Best regards! John Burski On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 18:00 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > John Burski <SnowCritter@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > createlang: language installation failed: ERROR: could not load library > > "/usr/lib/postgresql/plperl.so": libperl.so: cannot open shared object > > file: No such file or directory > > ldd on plperl.so might be informative. > > > The "libperl.so" file is located in the > > /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE directory and has > > permissions of 555. > > I don't know for sure about SUSE, but on Red Hat-derived systems it's > standard (and no I don't think this is sane) to put plperl.so into > a directory such as that, but not include that directory in the ldconfig > search path. This means that plperl.so MUST have an explicit rpath > to that directory or it will fail as above. So if ldd shows plperl.so > as not resolving its link to libperl.so, that's probably your problem. > > Where did you get your postgres build from? This is pretty clear > packager error IMHO. > > > ... I've also tried > > the createlang command to add tcl and python, with similar results. > > Hmm. libtcl and libpython are normally installed in sane locations, so > whatever their problem is is something different. Again, ldd would be > informative. > > regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
