postgresql installation help

Hey I'm new to unix and trying to get postrgresql installed. after running configure, while trying to run make, i get this in the terminal:
sh-2.05b# make
make -C doc all
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make -C src all
make -C doc all
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make -C src all
You need to run the 'configure' program first. See the file
'INSTALL' for installation instructions.
make[2]: *** [all] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

any suggestions?

thanks a lot,

Mike

1. Did you read the file called INSTALL?

2. What were the results of the "./configure" command line call?
Hint: run ./configure --no-create > configure_output.txt and then read through the configure_output.txt file at your leisure. It will tell you what the configure program encountered as it tried to set up PostgreSQL for your system (the --no-create option just makes it a test run, without actually changing any files).

3. What Unix system are you using? Linux? FreeBSD? Other?

4. If this is a Linux or FreeBSD system, you might try to run "gmake" instead of "make". This is the GNU version of the make utility, and sometimes provides better output, as well as more informative error messages. If you really want to see error messages, run it as "gmake -d" for full debugging output.

I get this for configure:

checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0
checking which template to use... darwin
checking whether to build with 64-bit integer date/time support... no
checking whether to build with recode support... no
checking whether NLS is wanted... no
checking for default port number... 5432
checking for default soft limit on number of connections... 32
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
configure: using CFLAGS=-g -O2
checking whether the C compiler still works... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -traditional-cpp -E
checking whether to build with Tcl... no
checking whether to build with Tk... no
checking whether to build Perl modules... no
checking whether to build Python modules... no
checking whether to build Java/JDBC tools... no
checking whether to build with Kerberos 4 support... no
checking whether to build with Kerberos 5 support... no
checking whether to build with PAM support... no
configure: using CPPFLAGS= -I/sw/include/
configure: using LDFLAGS= -L/sw/lib
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking for flex... /usr/bin/flex
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for lorder... lorder
checking for tar... /sw/bin/tar
checking for strip... strip
checking whether it is possible to strip libraries... no
checking for bison... bison -y
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for main in -lbsd... no
checking for setproctitle in -lutil... no
checking for main in -lm... yes
checking for main in -ldl... yes
checking for main in -lnsl... no
checking for main in -lsocket... no
checking for main in -lipc... no
checking for main in -lIPC... no
checking for main in -llc... no
checking for main in -ldld... no
checking for main in -lld... no
checking for main in -lcompat... no
checking for main in -lBSD... no
checking for main in -lgen... no
checking for main in -lPW... no
checking for main in -lresolv... yes
checking for library containing getopt_long... none required
checking for main in -lunix... no
checking for library containing crypt... none required
checking for __inet_ntoa in -lbind... no
checking for library containing fdatasync... no
checking for shmget in -lcygipc... no
checking for readline... yes (-lreadline)
checking for inflate in -lz... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... no
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking crypt.h usability... no
checking crypt.h presence... no
checking for crypt.h... no
checking dld.h usability... no
checking dld.h presence... no
checking for dld.h... no
checking endian.h usability... no
checking endian.h presence... no
checking for endian.h... no
checking fp_class.h usability... no
checking fp_class.h presence... no
checking for fp_class.h... no
checking getopt.h usability... yes
checking getopt.h presence... yes
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking ieeefp.h usability... no
checking ieeefp.h presence... no
checking for ieeefp.h... no
checking pwd.h usability... yes
checking pwd.h presence... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking sys/ipc.h usability... yes
checking sys/ipc.h presence... yes
checking for sys/ipc.h... yes
checking sys/pstat.h usability... no
checking sys/pstat.h presence... no
checking for sys/pstat.h... no
checking sys/select.h usability... yes
checking sys/select.h presence... yes
checking for sys/select.h... yes
checking sys/sem.h usability... yes
checking sys/sem.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sem.h... yes
checking sys/socket.h usability... no
checking sys/socket.h presence... no
checking for sys/socket.h... no
checking sys/shm.h usability... no
checking sys/shm.h presence... no
checking for sys/shm.h... no
checking sys/un.h usability... yes
checking sys/un.h presence... yes
checking for sys/un.h... yes
checking termios.h usability... yes
checking termios.h presence... yes
checking for termios.h... yes
checking kernel/OS.h usability... no
checking kernel/OS.h presence... no
checking for kernel/OS.h... no
checking kernel/image.h usability... no
checking kernel/image.h presence... no
checking for kernel/image.h... no
checking SupportDefs.h usability... no
checking SupportDefs.h presence... no
checking for SupportDefs.h... no
checking netinet/in.h usability... yes
checking netinet/in.h presence... yes
checking for netinet/in.h... yes
checking for netinet/tcp.h... yes
checking readline/readline.h usability... yes
checking readline/readline.h presence... yes
checking for readline/readline.h... yes
checking readline/history.h usability... yes
checking readline/history.h presence... yes
checking for readline/history.h... yes
checking zlib.h usability... yes
checking zlib.h presence... yes
checking for zlib.h... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for preprocessor stringizing operator... no
checking for signed types... yes
checking for working volatile... yes
checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
checking for struct tm.tm_zone... yes
checking for union semun... yes
checking for struct sockaddr_un... yes
checking for struct cmsgcred... no
checking for struct fcred... no
checking for struct sockcred... no
checking for z_streamp... yes
checking for int timezone... no
checking types of arguments for accept()... int, struct sockaddr *, int *
checking whether gettimeofday takes only one argument... no
checking for working memcmp... yes
checking for cbrt... yes
checking for fcvt... yes
checking for getopt_long... yes
checking for memmove... yes
checking for pstat... no
checking for setproctitle... no
checking for setsid... yes
checking for sigprocmask... yes
checking for sysconf... yes
checking for waitpid... yes
checking for dlopen... yes
checking for fdatasync... no
checking whether fdatasync is declared... no
checking for PS_STRINGS... no
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking whether snprintf is declared... yes
checking whether vsnprintf is declared... yes
checking for isinf... yes
checking for fseeko... yes
checking for gethostname... yes
checking for getrusage... yes
checking for inet_aton... yes
checking for random... yes
checking for srandom... yes
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strdup... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strtol... yes
checking for strtoul... yes
checking for rint... yes
checking for rl_completion_append_character... yes
checking for rl_completion_matches... yes
checking for rl_filename_completion_function... yes
checking for finite... yes
checking for sigsetjmp... yes
checking for syslog... yes
checking syslog.h usability... yes
checking syslog.h presence... yes
checking for syslog.h... yes
checking for optreset... yes
checking for strtoll... yes
checking for strtoull... yes
checking for atexit... yes
checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... no
checking for fseeko... (cached) yes
checking test program... ok
checking whether long int is 64 bits... no
checking whether long long int is 64 bits... yes
checking whether snprintf handles 'long long int' as %lld... yes
checking for unsigned long... yes
checking size of unsigned long... 4
checking for short... yes
checking alignment of short... 2
checking for int... yes
checking alignment of int... 4
checking for long... yes
checking alignment of long... 4
checking for long long int... yes
checking alignment of long long int... 4
checking for double... yes
checking alignment of double... 4
checking for int8... no
checking for uint8... no
checking for int64... no
checking for uint64... no
checking for sig_atomic_t... yes
checking for POSIX signal interface... yes
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking for onsgmls... no
checking for nsgmls... no
checking for openjade... no
checking for jade... no
checking for DocBook V3.1... no
checking for DocBook stylesheets... no
checking for collateindex.pl... no
checking for sgmlspl... no
configure: creating ./config.status

does the answer have to be yes for each check?

I'm using mac os x 10.3

thanks

It looks like there are a few problems getting PostgreSQL to compile properly on OS X 10.3, as we can see from this mailling list message. I don't have the time right now, but if you read through all the follow-ups to that list message, you might find the solution.

(On closer reading, it looks like part of the problem might be that there is already an older version of PostgreSQL shipped on 10.3 and the older version of libpq is in the way. You might need to figure out how to uninstall PostgreSQL before installing with a fresh compile. Another possibility might be to use custom path prefixes for the PostgreSQL libraries in your ./configure statement. Run "./configure --help" for more info)

You might also read this link on the Apple developers website.