Cmake error

[prime holly]

I'm trying to connect my postgreSQL database via c++ with pgadmin using Cmake and the libpqxx library thing but it says program files invalid i don't know what to do

[bleak shore]

So it looks like it can't actually find postgreSQL_LIBRARY

can you post your cmake files here, preferable not as something I have to download

[prime holly]

I dont know how to do that

[prime holly]

Where do I go?

[bleak shore]

It should be the CMakeLists.txt file in the project .

[prime holly]

Which project?

[bleak shore]

whatever one you're attempting to compile in the video

its most likely that you don't have a library installed

[prime holly]

Libpqx is a library i have that

[prime holly]

@bleak shore there is Cmakefiles

[bleak shore]

my man....

i need to see the contents of them

lmao

I highly suspect that the issue is that you're missing the postgre library... as thats what the error text said

Have you installed Postgre ?

[prime holly]

Yes.

[prime holly]

Here are the contents

[bleak shore]

the development libraries or some application ?

[bleak shore]

that is a photo of the directory dude

[bleak shore]

i assume that since that says tutorial or whatever that the issue lies in whatever you have installed, or don't have installed. if you can post me a link to the tutorial and/or somehow show me the actual file contents of what you're trying to do not in an image form I can help

[prime holly]

How do I do that whats step 1?

[bleak shore]

where did you get this amalgamation of files from ?

[prime holly]

You mean this?@bleak shore

[bleak shore]

yeah man, literally any of this.

start from the beginning and describe what you are trying to do. what you have done. and where all these files and whatnot came from.

[prime holly]

First of all I downloaded ppstgresql and then downloaded pgadmin4 and I created a database there.

[bleak shore]

so did you follow the steps here: https://en.wiki.imlint.org/Pqxx_tutorial

[prime holly]

https://youtu.be/qDiC1Wja6Og

[prime holly]

Then I watched this guy this is where I got the tutorial file and libpqxx

[bleak shore]

so you downloaded this: https://github.com/jtv/libpqxx

and are attempting to build it , yeah ?

[prime holly]

https://youtu.be/0n41UTkOBb0

Yep thats it.

[bleak shore]

sweet

so did you read the README.md file ?

About how to build it on windows

[prime holly]

Yes 7.4.1

[prime holly]

Nope

[bleak shore]

so you should read the readme and attempt to follow those instructions

[prime holly]

@bleak shore yeah they say nothing about Cmake

[bleak shore]

Yeah they do

Building libpqxx

There are two different ways of building libpqxx from the command line:

    Using CMake, on any system which supports it.
    On Unix-like systems, using a configure script.

"Unix-like" systems include GNU/Linux, Apple macOS and the BSD family, AIX, HP-UX, Irix, Solaris, etc. Even on Microsoft Windows, a Unix-like environment such as WSL, Cygwin, or MinGW should work.

You'll find detailed build and install instructions in BUILDING-configure.md and BUILDING-cmake.md, respectively.

And if you're working with Microsoft Visual Studio, have a look at Gordon Elliott's Easy-PQXX Build for Windows Visual Studio project.

[prime holly]

Gordon elliiot? Is it on YouTube?@bleak shore

[prime holly]

Whats the second way??

[bleak shore]

This read me is available on the GitHub page that is linked from the original YouTube video

You may have to follow the instructions to building the things and maybe google terms you don’t know yet

[prime holly]

I saw the Readme i don't get it,Wait so will I use Cmake the app or not?

[bleak shore]

cmake is what that library uses. As stated in the readme. You need to build it on windows. So I’m the readme look for the word “windows” and read the instructions on how to build it

It mentions you need a unix like env, and then it mentions cygwin.

So that tells me you’ll need Cygwin or something similar, loaded with cmake and everything to build the app

Their library is what you’re tying to build, and it uses cmake. So yes you need it.

[prime holly]

Whats that but the second way doesn't mention Cmake

Oh ohkay second way won't work on windows