[fdo-internals] Getting PostGIS provider to load properly in MapGuide/Linux

[Mateusz Loskot]

Jason Birch wrote:
> Any ideas?
>
> Currently it's in the list of providers but I'm not getting connection
> properties or error messages.
>
> I've installed libpq-dev and postgres-server-dev-8.2 to try to get it to
> work but these were post-compile.

Jason,

Could you check if the .log file is generated?

> Do I have to add something to LD_LIBRARY_PATH before starting MapGuide,
> or maybe recompile with the new packages?

The libpq.so files should be available for ld loader.
So, you can add libpq location to LD_LIBRARY_PATH or as entry
in /etc/ld.so.conf file and run sudo ldconfig.

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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