I followed the advice from Melton Low and was able to make and make-install.
The reason I had to compile is because there are no binaries for regression tests and the documentation requires us to make-install. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com>wrote: > On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 13:19 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Selva manickaraja <mavle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > We have installed PostgreSQL9 and setup standby(s). Now we have to test > the > > > performance before we migrate all the data from Informix. The > PostgreSQL9 > > > that we installed is the Linux version from EnterpriseDB which runs on > Red > > > Hat. The documentation on PostgreSQL website shows that we have gmake > from > > > source. So for that purpose we downloaded the source into a UBuntu > machine > > > to gmake and install it. But UBuntu on the other hand complaints that > it > > > can't find gmake. So looks like we are stuck here. > > > > I am a bit confused. Why would you need to install from source > > instead of using an installer (either from EnterpriseDB or installing > > via apt-get)? > > To be rude but honest. If you can't solve that problem you really should > contract with someone to help you with your performance tests because > you are not going to be able to adequately tune PostgreSQL for a proper > test. > > That said, the reason you can't find make is that you don't have the > proper development tools installed. > > +1 to what Robert said. > > Sincerely, > > Joshua D. Drake > > > -- > PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor > Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 > Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering > http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt > >
