[techtalk] Pg.pm and variables

[Lilly S.]

Yay! That worked.. Thanks a bunch!

L.

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Aaron Malone wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 07:12:38PM -0400, Lilly S. wrote:
> > Configuring Pg
> > Remember to actually read the README file !
> > please set environment variables POSTGRES_INCLUDE and POSTGRES_LIB !
> [snip]
> > Aha... I'm supposed to define something. I found where my include and
> > libraries are. They're at /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so and
> > /usr/local/pgsql/include/libpq-fe.h
> > 
> > Where do I define these variables? 
> 
> It's wanting environment variables, not Perl variables -- that's what
> the array ENV holds in Perl. 
> 
> if you're using bash or a similar shell, you can set environment
> variables like "export FOO=bar".  In csh and variants, it would be
> "setenv FOO bar" (I think, it's been a while since I used csh).
> 
> So in your case, you'd need to (assuming you're using bash):
> 
> export POSTGRES_INCLUDE=/usr/local/pgsql/include
> export POSTGRES_LIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
> 
> before processing Makefile.pl.
> 
>