[pgpool-general: 6266] Re: Error compiling pgpool_adm on debian 9.5 (impossible to find -lpcp)

[Tatsuo Ishii]

Hi Matteo,

> Hi all,
> 
> I can't compile pgpool_adm (pgpool 4.0.0, but also with 4.0.1 I found the
> same error) on debian 9.5.
> My server has postgresql 10.5 installed on a fresh new installation of
> debian.
> 
> Over the fresh machine I installed (after reading lot of guides) these
> packages:
> sudo
> make
> gcc
> libpq-dev
> postgresql-10
> postgresql-server-dev-10
> 
> My pgpool installation is on a different server.
> 
> but the make command fails as below (maybe I still miss some packages).
> (With the same server I can successfully make pgpool-recovery)
> 
> Here the output:
> root at debian-server:/home/user/Scaricati# cd pgpool-II-4.0.0
> root at debian-server:/home/user/Scaricati/pgpool-II-4.0.0# cd
> src/sql/pgpool_adm/
> root at debian-server:/home/user/Scaricati/pgpool-II-4.0.0/src/sql/pgpool_adm#
> make
> gcc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith
> -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wmissing-format-attribute
> -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fexcess-precision=standard
> -g -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security
> -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fPIC -I/usr/include/postgresql -I../../include/pcp
> -I. -I./ -I/usr/include/postgresql/10/server
> -I/usr/include/postgresql/internal  -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
> -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/libxml2  -I/usr/include/mit-krb5  -c -o
> pgpool_adm.o pgpool_adm.c
> gcc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith
> -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wmissing-format-attribute
> -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fexcess-precision=standard
> -g -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security
> -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fPIC -shared -o pgpool_adm.so pgpool_adm.o
> -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu  -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now
> -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mit-krb5 -Wl,--as-needed
> -L../../libs/pcp/.libs -lpcp -Wl,--as-needed
> -Wl,-rpath,'/lib',--enable-new-dtags
> /usr/bin/ld: impossibile trovare -lpcp
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/pgxs/src/makefiles/../../src/Makefile.shlib:292:
> set di istruzioni per l'obiettivo "pgpool_adm.so" non riuscito
> make: *** [pgpool_adm.so] Errore 1
> 
> The error is (here the translation)
> /usr/bin/ld: impossible to find -lpcp
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/pgxs/src/makefiles/../../src/Makefile.shlib:292:
> instruction set for the target "pgpool_adm.so" failed
> make: *** [pgpool_adm.so] Error 1
> 
> Thanks for any help!!
> Matteo M.

You need to install libpcp first. libpcp comes with Pgpool-II
itself. Have you installed Pgpool-II (except pgpool_adm)?

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
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