Hi, Due to a root access permissions I have to resort to manually installing postgres from source code available under the ftp site. When I execute ./configure --prefix="dir/path"- my config log shows the following error: gcc version 4.9.0 (GCC) configure:3817: $? = 0 configure:3806: gcc -V >&5 gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V' gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:3817: $? = 1 configure:3806: gcc -qversion >&5 gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion' gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:3817: $? = 1 configure:3837: checking whether the C compiler works configure:3859: gcc conftest.c >&5 /../software/free/Linux/redhat_6_x86_64/pkgs/gcc_4.9.0/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.9.0/cc1: error while loading shared libraries: libmpfr.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I have seen an earlier post with gcc errors, however I couldn't figure out what the actual problem here is: is it that libmpfr.so.4 is not found? or gcc needs to be installed fresh? -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.nabble.com/Installing-Postgres-manually-GCC-error-and-libmpfr-so-4-not-found-tp5853368.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general