--- Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > CSN <cool_screen_name90001@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > Notice it's complaining about libperl.so, not > plperl.so. > > This is probably because libperl.so isn't in your > ldconfig search path. > Before PG 8.0 it's necessary to add the directory > where Perl keeps that > file to your ldconfig configuration. > > If you *are* using 8.0, then please explain exactly > what platform > you're on and what your Perl installation is. > > regards, tom lane Yeah, I did 'ln /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so /usr/lib/libperl.so' and 'createlang plperl dbname' worked without complaining (I should probably use ldconfig instead). I'm using 7.4.7 (will probably upgrade to 8.x pretty soon). CSN __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster