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<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
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then this step was necessary. Simply take care of it then.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>ldconfig</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ If you are on <systemitem class="osname">BSD/OS</>, <systemitem
+ class="osname">Linux</>, or <systemitem class="osname">SunOS 4</>
+ and you have root access you can run
+<programlisting>
+/sbin/ldconfig /usr/local/pgsql/lib
+</programlisting>
+ (or equivalent directory) after installation to enable the
+ run-time linker to find the shared libraries faster. Refer to the
+ manual page of <command>ldconfig</> for more information. On
+ <systemitem class="osname">FreeBSD</>, <systemitem
+ class="osname">NetBSD</>, and <systemitem
+ class="osname">OpenBSD</> the command is
+<programlisting>
+/sbin/ldconfig -m /usr/local/pgsql/lib
+</programlisting>
+ instead. Other systems are not known to have an equivalent
+ command.
+ </para>
</sect2>
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