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Update installation docs for PL/Python to note that distutils is now

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required. Original patch from James William Pye, editorializing by
Neil Conway.
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Neil Conway 2004-09-23 00:30:13 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.203 2004/06/20 01:32:46 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.204 2004/09/23 00:30:13 neilc Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
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<indexterm><primary>libperl</primary></indexterm>
<filename>libperl</filename> library must be a shared library
also on most platforms. This appears to be the default in
recent Perl versions, but it was not in earlier versions, and in
general it is the choice of whomever installed Perl at your
site.
recent <productname>Perl</productname> versions, but it was not
in earlier versions, and in general it is the choice of whomever
installed Perl at your site.
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
To build the PL/Python server programming language, you need a
Python installation, including the header files. Since
PL/Python will be a shared library, the
<indexterm><primary>libpython</primary></indexterm>
<filename>libpython</filename> library must be a shared library
also on most platforms. This is not the case in a default
Python installation.
<productname>Python</productname> installation with the header
files and the distutils module. The distutils module is
included by default with <productname>Python</productname> 1.6
and later; users of earlier versions of
<productname>Python</productname> will need to install it.
</para>
<para>
If after building and installing you have a file called
Since PL/Python will be a shared library, the
<indexterm><primary>libpython</primary></indexterm>
<filename>libpython</filename> library must be a shared library
also on most platforms. This is not the case in a default
<productname>Python</productname> installation. If after
building and installing you have a file called
<filename>plpython.so</filename> (possibly a different
extension), then everything went well. Otherwise you should
have seen a notice like this flying by:
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*** You might have to rebuild your Python installation. Refer to
*** the documentation for details.
</screen>
That means you have to rebuild (part of) your Python
installation to supply this shared library.
That means you have to rebuild (part of) your
<productname>Python</productname> installation to supply this
shared library.
</para>
<para>
If you have problems, run Python 2.3 or later's configure using the
<literal>--enable-shared</> flag. On some operating systems you
don't have to build a shared library, but you will have
to convince the <productname>PostgreSQL</> build system of this.
Consult the <filename>Makefile</filename> in the
<filename>src/pl/plpython</filename> directory for details.
If you have problems, run <productname>Python</> 2.3 or later's
configure using the <literal>--enable-shared</> flag. On some
operating systems you don't have to build a shared library, but
you will have to convince the <productname>PostgreSQL</> build
system of this. Consult the <filename>Makefile</filename> in
the <filename>src/pl/plpython</filename> directory for details.
</para>
</listitem>