[postgis-users] Ubuntu install of PostGIS 1.1.6 failing

[Allan Doyle]

I'm installing onto an up-to-date Ubuntu 6.06 system

proj-4.5.0 installs ok
geos-3.0.0rc2 installs ok
postgis-1.1.6 gives the following errors:

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mwow% sudo su postgres
postgres at mwow:/usr/local/src/postgis-1.1.6$ make check
make -C regress test
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/postgis-1.1.6/regress'
Creating spatial db postgis_reg
ERROR:  function postgis_lib_version() does not exist
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You may  
need to add explicit type casts.

Something went wrong (no postgis installed in postgis_reg).
For details, check /tmp/pgis_reg_17211/regress_log

make[1]: *** [test] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/postgis-1.1.6/regress'
make: *** [check] Error 2
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The contents of /tmp/pgis_reg_17211/regress_log are not enlightening  
to me:
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CREATE DATABASE
BEGIN
psql:lwpostgis.sql:39: NOTICE:  type "histogram2d" is not yet defined
DETAIL:  Creating a shell type definition.
psql:lwpostgis.sql:39: ERROR:  could not load library "/usr/local/src/ 
postgis-1.1.6/lwgeom/liblwgeom.so.1.1": libgeos_c.so.1: cannot open  
shared object file: No such file or directory
psql:lwpostgis.sql:44: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted,  
commands ignored until end of transaction block
psql:lwpostgis.sql:52: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted,  
commands ignored until end of transaction block
psql:lwpostgis.sql:62: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted,  
commands ignored until end of transaction block

... snip ...

psql:lwpostgis.sql:3462: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted,  
commands ignored until end of transaction block
psql:lwpostgis.sql:3509: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted,  
commands ignored until end of transaction block
ROLLBACK
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I did check the geos build, there is a step that makes libgeos_c.so.1  
in /usr/local/lib.

I tried explicitly setting --with-geos-libdir=/usr/local/lib but  
there's no difference.

Has anyone bumped into (and solved!) this?

Thanks,

	Allan

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Allan Doyle
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