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Therefore you <EM >must</EM > explicitly tell the configuration script that you want to build the pgsql driver (you can list as many drivers as you want to build): </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#000000" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#32CD32" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >$ </SAMP ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >cd libdbi-drivers-0.8.0</KBD ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#000000" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#32CD32" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >$ </SAMP ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >./configure --with-pgsql</KBD ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > Run <B CLASS="COMMAND" >./configure --help</B > to find out about additional options and other available drivers. </P ><P > Then build the driver with the command: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#000000" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#32CD32" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >$ </SAMP ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >make</KBD ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><DIV CLASS="NOTE" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="NOTE" ><P ><B >Note: </B > Please note that you may have to invoke <B CLASS="COMMAND" >gmake</B >, the GNU version of make, on some systems. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><P > Then install the driver with the command (you'll need root permissions to do this): </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#000000" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#32CD32" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >$ </SAMP ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >make install</KBD ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > To test the operation of the newly installed driver, use the command: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#000000" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#32CD32" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >$ </SAMP ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >make check</KBD ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > This command creates and runs a test program that performs a few basic input and output tests. </P ><DIV CLASS="NOTE" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="NOTE" ><P ><B >Note: </B > If for some reason you need to re-create the autoconf/automake-related files, try running <B CLASS="COMMAND" >./autogen.sh</B >. 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