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also on most platforms. This appears to be the default in |
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recent <productname>Perl</productname> versions, but it was not |
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in earlier versions, and in any case it is the choice of whomever |
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installed Perl at your site. |
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installed Perl at your site. <filename>configure</filename> will fail |
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if building <application>PL/Perl</application> is selected but it cannot |
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find a shared <filename>libperl</filename>. In that case, you will have |
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to rebuild and install <productname>Perl</productname> manually to be |
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able to build <application>PL/Perl</application>. During the |
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configuration process for <productname>Perl</productname>, request a |
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shared library. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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If you intend to make more than incidental use of |
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<application>PL/Perl</application>, you should ensure that the |
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<productname>Perl</productname> installation was built with the |
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<literal>usemultiplicity</> option enabled (<literal>perl -V</> |
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will show whether this is the case). |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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If you don't have the shared library but you need one, a message |
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like this will appear during the <productname>PostgreSQL</> |
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build to point out this fact: |
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<screen> |
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*** Cannot build PL/Perl because libperl is not a shared library. |
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*** You might have to rebuild your Perl installation. Refer to |
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*** the documentation for details. |
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</screen> |
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(If you don't follow the on-screen output you will merely notice |
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that the <application>PL/Perl</application> library object, |
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<filename>plperl.so</filename> or similar, will not be |
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installed.) If you see this, you will have to rebuild and |
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install <productname>Perl</productname> manually to be able to |
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build <application>PL/Perl</application>. During the |
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configuration process for <productname>Perl</productname>, |
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request a shared library. |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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<listitem> |
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library, the <indexterm><primary>libpython</primary></indexterm> |
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<filename>libpython</filename> library must be a shared library |
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also on most platforms. This is not the case in a default |
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<productname>Python</productname> installation. If after |
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building and installing <productname>PostgreSQL</> you have a file called |
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<filename>plpython.so</filename> (possibly a different |
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extension), then everything went well. Otherwise you should |
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have seen a notice like this flying by: |
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<screen> |
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*** Cannot build PL/Python because libpython is not a shared library. |
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*** You might have to rebuild your Python installation. Refer to |
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*** the documentation for details. |
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</screen> |
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That means you have to rebuild (part of) your |
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<productname>Python</productname> installation to create this |
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shared library. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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If you have problems, run <productname>Python</> 2.3 or later's |
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configure using the <literal>--enable-shared</> flag. On some |
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operating systems you don't have to build a shared library, but |
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you will have to convince the <productname>PostgreSQL</> build |
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system of this. Consult the <filename>Makefile</filename> in |
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the <filename>src/pl/plpython</filename> directory for details. |
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<productname>Python</productname> installation built from source, but a |
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shared library is available in many operating system |
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distributions. <filename>configure</filename> will fail if |
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building <application>PL/Python</application> is selected but it cannot |
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find a shared <filename>libpython</filename>. That might mean that you |
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either have to install additional packages or rebuild (part of) your |
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<productname>Python</productname> installation to provide this shared |
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library. When building from source, run <productname>Python</>'s |
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configure with the <literal>--enable-shared</> flag. |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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