Error while building Postgres 12.14 from source: fatal error: utils/errcodes.h: No such file or directory

Question

I built the same version of postgres from source successfully a month ago. However, upon resetting my machine and trying to build the same version again, I'm having problems.

When I try to run make

I get the following error:

../../src/include/utils/elog.h:71:10: fatal error: utils/errcodes.h: No such file or directory
   71 | #include "utils/errcodes.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Any help will be appreciated.

We don't know what you did before, and what exaxtly you mean by "resetting the machine". — Laurenz Albe, Apr 25 '23 at 12:05
I uninstalled several programs and their associated directories, including postgres. — tokamak32, Apr 25 '23 at 12:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '23 at 12:08

1

Its safer to uninstall postgres completely using make uninstall and then make clean. Also make sure you are in a git branch that is stable, like REL_XX_STABLE when XX is the version you want installed.

answered Apr 25 '23 at 12:08

Panagiotis Foliadis

254
1
1
8

1

Uninstalling and then reinstalling seems to have fixed it. – tokamak32 Apr 25 '23 at 12:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '23 at 00:08

If you used the same source as before, then the most likely scenario is that some files were accidentally deleted or altered. Uninstalling the current version and pulling the source again should fix the issue. If that does not fix the issue, you can try a different branch.

Error while building Postgres 12.14 from source: fatal error: utils/errcodes.h: No such file or directory

2 Answers2