> -----Original Message-----
> From: steve fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 17 January 2004 06:55
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [pgadmin-support] gentoo, anyone?
> 
> Hi,

Hi,

> I've been trying to get pgadmin3 running on gentoo linux, and 
> get the following errors:
> 
> checking pgsql in /usr... failed
> configure: error: you must specify a valid pgsql installation 
> with --with-pgsql=DIR
> 
> !!! ERROR: dev-db/pgadmin3-1.0.2 failed.
> !!! Function econf, Line 365, Exitcode 1 !!! econf failed

Did you try:

./configure --with-pgsql=/usr/local

> Postgresql is installed, pgsql lives in /usr/local.  I've 
> symlinked it to /usr/pgsql thinking that would fix it, but it 
> doesn't.  Is there a way to pass the --with-pgsql option to 
> emerge?  

What's emerge?

> And I didn't know it was required to have postgresql 
> installed on the same box -- my postgres servers are all remote.

You need it for the libpq client library. The server itself doesn't need
to be running, or even initdb'ed. If you make a static build of pgAdmin,
then you can even get rid of it after your build is complete.

Regards, Dave.

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