[postgis-devel] psql -d test -f lwpostgis.sql fails with undefined symbol error

[Adam Walker]

On Jan 18, 2006 05:04 PM, strk at refractions.net wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 04:59:57PM -0500, Adam Walker wrote:
> 
> > postgres at bill:~$ ldd /usr/local/pgsql/lib/liblwgeom.so.1.1 /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so.1
> > /usr/local/pgsql/lib/liblwgeom.so.1.1:
> >         libgeos_c.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so.1 (0x00002aaaaac0f000)
> >         libgeos.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgeos.so.2 (0x00002aaaab09c000)
> 
> mmm.. you also have /usr/local/lib/libgeos.so.2 I suppose...
> This should be fixed when we switch to the C++ library
> naming convention following release number, as in
> libgeos-3.0.0.so
> 
> Another way to handle this could be using -rpath to require
> libgeos_c.so to use a specific libgeos.so based on full
> path but I don't like being forced to keep libraries in
> a specific directory.
> 
> In your case the fix should be moving /usr/lib/libgeos.so.2
> away (try renaming it to something else)
> 
> --strk;
> 
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done and success now!
that did it, thank you very much for the help.
We will be using this installation of postgis for some 
experimental RF propogation studies, and will most certianly
be watching this space closely.
thanks again
Adam Walker
GNU Technologies