Introduction
This is an article where the main focus is about solving an error message appear when performing PostgreSQL database installation. It is the installation where the step exist in this link. It is an article with the title of ‘How to Install PostgreSQL Database Server using compressed file in CentOS 8’. The following is the appearance of the installation process where the error message appear :
[root@10 postgresql-12.0]# ./configure --prefix=/opt/postgresql-12.0/app checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking which template to use... linux checking whether NLS is wanted... no checking for default port number... 5432 checking for block size... 8kB checking for segment size... 1GB checking for WAL block size... 8kB checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether gcc supports -Wdeclaration-after-statement, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -Werror=vla, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -Wendif-labels, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether g++ supports -Wendif-labels, for CXXFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -Wmissing-format-attribute, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether g++ supports -Wmissing-format-attribute, for CXXFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -Wformat-security, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether g++ supports -Wformat-security, for CXXFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -fno-strict-aliasing, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether g++ supports -fno-strict-aliasing, for CXXFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -fwrapv, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether g++ supports -fwrapv, for CXXFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -fexcess-precision=standard, for CFLAGS... yes checking whether g++ supports -fexcess-precision=standard, for CXXFLAGS... no checking whether gcc supports -funroll-loops, for CFLAGS_VECTOR... yes checking whether gcc supports -ftree-vectorize, for CFLAGS_VECTOR... yes checking whether gcc supports -Wunused-command-line-argument, for NOT_THE_CFLAGS... no checking whether gcc supports -Wformat-truncation, for NOT_THE_CFLAGS... yes checking whether gcc supports -Wstringop-truncation, for NOT_THE_CFLAGS... yes checking whether the C compiler still works... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking allow thread-safe client libraries... yes checking whether to build with ICU support... no checking whether to build with Tcl... no checking whether to build Perl modules... no checking whether to build Python modules... no checking whether to build with GSSAPI support... no checking whether to build with PAM support... no checking whether to build with BSD Authentication support... no checking whether to build with LDAP support... no checking whether to build with Bonjour support... no checking whether to build with OpenSSL support... no checking whether to build with SELinux support... no checking whether to build with systemd support... no checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for strip... strip checking whether it is possible to strip libraries... yes checking for ar... ar checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for tar... /usr/bin/tar checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p checking for bison... no configure: WARNING: *** Without Bison you will not be able to build PostgreSQL from Git nor *** change any of the parser definition files. You can obtain Bison from *** a GNU mirror site. (If you are using the official distribution of *** PostgreSQL then you do not need to worry about this, because the Bison *** output is pre-generated.) checking for flex... no configure: WARNING: *** Without Flex you will not be able to build PostgreSQL from Git nor *** change any of the scanner definition files. You can obtain Flex from *** a GNU mirror site. (If you are using the official distribution of *** PostgreSQL then you do not need to worry about this because the Flex *** output is pre-generated.) checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl configure: using perl 5.26.3 checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed 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... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking whether gcc is Clang... no checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads... no checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... yes checking pthread.h usability... yes checking pthread.h presence... yes checking for pthread.h... yes checking for strerror_r... yes checking for getpwuid_r... yes checking for gethostbyname_r... yes checking whether strerror_r returns int... no checking for main in -lm... yes checking for library containing setproctitle... no checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl checking for library containing socket... none required checking for library containing shl_load... no checking for library containing getopt_long... none required checking for library containing crypt... -lcrypt checking for library containing shm_open... -lrt checking for library containing shm_unlink... none required checking for library containing clock_gettime... none required checking for library containing fdatasync... none required checking for library containing sched_yield... none required checking for library containing gethostbyname_r... none required checking for library containing shmget... none required checking for library containing readline... no configure: error: readline library not found If you have readline already installed, see config.log for details on the failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper directory. Use --without-readline to disable readline support. [root@10 postgresql-12.0]#
The error exist as in the last part in the above output command. Those error are in the following lines :
checking for library containing readline... no configure: error: readline library not found If you have readline already installed, see config.log for details on the failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper directory. Use --without-readline to disable readline support. [root@10 postgresql-12.0]#
Solution
Actually, the solution is very simple. First of all, search the library with the name of ‘readline’. Execute the following command :
[root@10 postgresql-12.0]# yum search readline Last metadata expiration check: 1:04:23 ago on Wed 16 Jun 2021 06:55:45 AM EDT. ====================================================================== Name Exactly Matched: readline ====================================================================== readline.x86_64 : A library for editing typed command lines readline.i686 : A library for editing typed command lines ===================================================================== Name & Summary Matched: readline ===================================================================== compat-golang-github-chzyer-readline-devel.noarch : Pure Go implementation of GNU Readline-like library golang-gopkg-readline-1-devel.noarch : Pure Go implementation of GNU Readline-like library lua-readline.x86_64 : Lua interface to the readline and history libraries perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.x86_64 : Perl extension for the GNU Readline/History Library readline-devel.i686 : Files needed to develop programs which use the readline library readline-devel.x86_64 : Files needed to develop programs which use the readline library tcl-tclreadline.x86_64 : GNU Readline extension for Tcl/Tk tcl-tclreadline-devel.x86_64 : Development files for the tclreadline library ======================================================================== Summary Matched: readline ========================================================================= editline.x86_64 : A small compatible replacement for readline python3-readlike.noarch : Readline-like line editing module rlwrap.x86_64 : Wrapper for GNU readline [root@10 postgresql-12.0]#
Actually, there are several packages containing the name of ‘readline’. But there is only one package which is the suitable one for solving the problem. It is a package with the name of ‘readline-devel’. So, execute the following command to install ‘readline-devel’ :
[root@10 postgresql-12.0]# yum -y install readline-devel Last metadata expiration check: 1:14:46 ago on Wed 16 Jun 2021 06:55:45 AM EDT. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================ Installing: readline-devel x86_64 7.0-10.el8 baseos 204 k Installing dependencies: ncurses-c++-libs x86_64 6.1-7.20180224.el8 baseos 58 k ncurses-devel x86_64 6.1-7.20180224.el8 baseos 527 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================ Install 3 Packages Total download size: 789 k Installed size: 1.5 M Downloading Packages: (1/3): ncurses-c++-libs-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64.rpm 370 kB/s | 58 kB 00:00 (2/3): readline-devel-7.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm 725 kB/s | 204 kB 00:00 (3/3): ncurses-devel-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64.rpm 897 kB/s | 527 kB 00:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4.2 kB/s | 789 kB 03:06 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : ncurses-c++-libs-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64 1/3 Installing : ncurses-devel-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64 2/3 Installing : readline-devel-7.0-10.el8.x86_64 3/3 Running scriptlet: readline-devel-7.0-10.el8.x86_64 3/3 Verifying : ncurses-c++-libs-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64 1/3 Verifying : ncurses-devel-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64 2/3 Verifying : readline-devel-7.0-10.el8.x86_64 3/3 Installed: ncurses-c++-libs-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64 ncurses-devel-6.1-7.20180224.el8.x86_64 readline-devel-7.0-10.el8.x86_64 Complete! [root@10 postgresql-12.0]#
After installing the ‘readline-devel’ package, just execute the command once more. The output will be very different. The following is the actual output of the execution after installing ‘readline-devel’ package :
... checking for library containing readline... -lreadline checking for inflate in -lz... yes checking for stdbool.h that conforms to C99... yes checking for _Bool... yes checking atomic.h usability... no checking atomic.h presence... no checking for atomic.h... no checking copyfile.h usability... no checking copyfile.h presence... no checking for copyfile.h... no checking crypt.h usability... yes checking crypt.h presence... yes checking for crypt.h... yes 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 ifaddrs.h usability... yes checking ifaddrs.h presence... yes checking for ifaddrs.h... yes checking langinfo.h usability... yes checking langinfo.h presence... yes checking for langinfo.h... yes checking mbarrier.h usability... no checking mbarrier.h presence... no checking for mbarrier.h... no checking poll.h usability... yes checking poll.h presence... yes checking for poll.h... yes checking sys/epoll.h usability... yes checking sys/epoll.h presence... yes checking for sys/epoll.h... yes checking sys/ipc.h usability... yes checking sys/ipc.h presence... yes checking for sys/ipc.h... yes checking sys/prctl.h usability... yes checking sys/prctl.h presence... yes checking for sys/prctl.h... yes checking sys/procctl.h usability... no checking sys/procctl.h presence... no checking for sys/procctl.h... no checking sys/pstat.h usability... no checking sys/pstat.h presence... no checking for sys/pstat.h... no checking sys/resource.h usability... yes checking sys/resource.h presence... yes checking for sys/resource.h... yes 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/shm.h usability... yes checking sys/shm.h presence... yes checking for sys/shm.h... yes checking sys/sockio.h usability... no checking sys/sockio.h presence... no checking for sys/sockio.h... no checking sys/tas.h usability... no checking sys/tas.h presence... no checking for sys/tas.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 ucred.h usability... no checking ucred.h presence... no checking for ucred.h... no checking utime.h usability... yes checking utime.h presence... yes checking for utime.h... yes checking wchar.h usability... yes checking wchar.h presence... yes checking for wchar.h... yes checking wctype.h usability... yes checking wctype.h presence... yes checking for wctype.h... yes checking for net/if.h... yes checking for sys/ucred.h... no 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 whether byte ordering is bigendian... no checking for inline... inline checking for printf format archetype... gnu_printf checking for flexible array members... yes checking for signed types... yes checking for __func__... yes checking for _Static_assert... yes checking for typeof... typeof checking for __builtin_types_compatible_p... yes checking for __builtin_constant_p... yes checking for __builtin_unreachable... yes checking for computed goto support... yes checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h checking for struct tm.tm_zone... yes checking for tzname... yes checking for union semun... no checking for struct sockaddr_un... yes checking for struct sockaddr_storage... yes checking for struct sockaddr_storage.ss_family... yes checking for struct sockaddr_storage.__ss_family... no checking for struct sockaddr_storage.ss_len... no checking for struct sockaddr_storage.__ss_len... no checking for struct sockaddr.sa_len... no checking for struct addrinfo... yes checking for intptr_t... yes checking for uintptr_t... yes checking for unsigned long long int... yes checking for long long int... yes checking for locale_t... yes checking for C/C++ restrict keyword... __restrict checking for struct cmsgcred... no checking for struct option... yes checking for z_streamp... yes checking whether assembler supports x86_64 popcntq... yes checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no checking size of off_t... 8 checking size of bool... 1 checking for int timezone... yes checking types of arguments for accept()... int, int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t * checking whether gettimeofday takes only one argument... no checking for wcstombs_l declaration... no checking for cbrt... yes checking for clock_gettime... yes checking for copyfile... no checking for fdatasync... yes checking for getifaddrs... yes checking for getpeerucred... no checking for getrlimit... yes checking for mbstowcs_l... no checking for memmove... yes checking for poll... yes checking for posix_fallocate... yes checking for ppoll... yes checking for pstat... no checking for pthread_is_threaded_np... no checking for readlink... yes checking for setproctitle... no checking for setproctitle_fast... no checking for setsid... yes checking for shm_open... yes checking for strchrnul... yes checking for strsignal... yes checking for symlink... yes checking for sync_file_range... yes checking for uselocale... yes checking for utime... yes checking for utimes... yes checking for wcstombs_l... no checking for __builtin_bswap16... yes checking for __builtin_bswap32... yes checking for __builtin_bswap64... yes checking for __builtin_clz... yes checking for __builtin_ctz... yes checking for __builtin_popcount... yes checking for fseeko... yes checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... no checking how gcc reports undeclared, standard C functions... error checking for posix_fadvise... yes checking whether posix_fadvise is declared... yes checking whether fdatasync is declared... yes checking whether strlcat is declared... no checking whether strlcpy is declared... no checking whether strnlen is declared... yes checking whether F_FULLFSYNC is declared... no checking whether RTLD_GLOBAL is declared... yes checking whether RTLD_NOW is declared... yes checking for struct sockaddr_in6... yes checking for PS_STRINGS... no checking for isinf... yes checking for crypt... yes checking for dlopen... yes checking for fls... no checking for getopt... yes checking for getrusage... yes checking for inet_aton... yes checking for mkdtemp... yes checking for pread... yes checking for pwrite... yes checking for random... yes checking for rint... yes checking for srandom... yes checking for strlcat... no checking for strlcpy... no checking for strnlen... yes checking for strtof... yes checking for unsetenv... yes checking for getpeereid... no checking for getaddrinfo... yes checking for getopt_long... yes checking for syslog... yes checking syslog.h usability... yes checking syslog.h presence... yes checking for syslog.h... yes checking for opterr... yes checking for optreset... no checking for strtoll... yes checking for strtoull... yes checking whether strtoll is declared... yes checking whether strtoull is declared... yes checking for rl_completion_append_character... yes checking for rl_completion_matches... yes checking for rl_filename_completion_function... yes checking for rl_reset_screen_size... yes checking for append_history... yes checking for history_truncate_file... yes checking test program... ok checking whether long int is 64 bits... yes checking for __builtin_mul_overflow... yes checking size of void *... 8 checking size of size_t... 8 checking size of long... 8 checking whether to build with float4 passed by value... yes checking whether to build with float8 passed by value... yes checking alignment of short... 2 checking alignment of int... 4 checking alignment of long... 8 checking alignment of double... 8 checking for int8... no checking for uint8... no checking for int64... no checking for uint64... no checking for __int128... yes checking for __int128 alignment bug... ok checking alignment of PG_INT128_TYPE... 16 checking for builtin __sync char locking functions... yes checking for builtin __sync int32 locking functions... yes checking for builtin __sync int32 atomic operations... yes checking for builtin __sync int64 atomic operations... yes checking for builtin __atomic int32 atomic operations... yes checking for builtin __atomic int64 atomic operations... yes checking for __get_cpuid... yes checking for __cpuid... no checking for _mm_crc32_u8 and _mm_crc32_u32 with CFLAGS=... no checking for _mm_crc32_u8 and _mm_crc32_u32 with CFLAGS=-msse4.2... yes checking for __crc32cb, __crc32ch, __crc32cw, and __crc32cd with CFLAGS=... no checking for __crc32cb, __crc32ch, __crc32cw, and __crc32cd with CFLAGS=-march=armv8-a+crc... no checking which CRC-32C implementation to use... SSE 4.2 with runtime check checking for library containing sem_init... -lpthread checking which semaphore API to use... unnamed POSIX checking for /dev/urandom... yes checking which random number source to use... /dev/urandom checking for xmllint... /usr/bin/xmllint checking for DocBook XML V4.2... yes checking for dbtoepub... no checking for xsltproc... /usr/bin/xsltproc checking for fop... no checking thread safety of required library functions... yes checking whether gcc supports -Wl,--as-needed... yes configure: using compiler=gcc (GCC) 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5) configure: using CFLAGS=-Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Werror=vla -Wendif-labels -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fexcess-precision=standard -Wno-format-truncation -Wno-stringop-truncation -O2 configure: using CPPFLAGS= -D_GNU_SOURCE configure: using LDFLAGS= -Wl,--as-needed configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating GNUmakefile config.status: creating src/Makefile.global config.status: creating src/include/pg_config.h config.status: creating src/include/pg_config_ext.h config.status: creating src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpg_config.h config.status: linking src/backend/port/tas/dummy.s to src/backend/port/tas.s config.status: linking src/backend/port/posix_sema.c to src/backend/port/pg_sema.c config.status: linking src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c to src/backend/port/pg_shmem.c config.status: linking src/include/port/linux.h to src/include/pg_config_os.h config.status: linking src/makefiles/Makefile.linux to src/Makefile.port [root@10 postgresql-12.0]#
The execution of the command ‘./configure –prefix=postgresql_installation_path’ is a success. It is actually the part for generating Makefile script for building the installer. Just continue the installation process of PostgreSQL database server as exist in this link.