[Lazarus] PosgeSQL client

["Leonardo M. Ramé"]

I don't use Ubuntu, but did you try this:

/apt-get install libpq/-dev ?

Leonardo M. Ramé
Griensu S.A. - Medical IT Córdoba
Tel.: 0351 - 4247979




Eric March escribió:
> I have SQLdb component installed in Lazarus 0.9.24 beta x86_64-linux-gtk 
> on Ubuntu 64 bit linux.
> I tried running mysql but get an error which needs FPC 2.2.3 or later.  
> I can only find RPM files
> for that source and I can't install it.  I can download FPC.zip and 
> compile that source but it
> turns out to be still FPC 2.2.2, which is what I was running.
>
> I think PostgreSQL database system has better record locking and other 
> functions that make
> it superior to MYSQL, so rather than spend time on finding an FPC source 
> 2.2.3 or later that
> I can make compile I thought I would try Postgress.
>
> I opened a new project and placed a PQConnection on Form1, set host name 
> as localhost,
> username as postgres with no password.  When I set Connected to "TRUE" I 
> get the
> following error.
>
> Can not load PosgreSQL client. Is it installed? (libpq.so)
>
> I can't find a file called libpq.so anywhere on my system.  Did a search 
> of components and
> can't find anything under PostgreSQL.  I have PostgreSQL running and can 
> access it using
> psql.
>
>
> How do I install PostgreSQL client?
>
>
> Eric March
>
>
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