[mapserver-users] Building mapserver with postgis

[Juan S. Barros J.]

After some mailing with Paul Ramsey that follows, we still can figure out
what is wrong? any one else want to give an opinion ... (read bottom to top,
for better understanding).

TIA

Juanse


From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 5:01 PM


> The problem is right there, the inability of the mapserv program to load
> the libpq library. The 'why' is not clear to me. Seems like everything
> is configured right from what you have told me.
>
>
> "Juan S. Barros J." wrote:
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > actualy the code i send was just the meaninfull part i tough was giving
the
> > problem, but of course we follow with  ldconfig and the rest...
> >
> > We believe its all right,  we had an other error message when using
> > mapscript_info.phtml as a test, so we change to Itasca example at
> > http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/mapserver_demos/itasca/ ....
> >
> > Could it be that the Itasca example doesn't work with postgreSQL or some
> > part of our assembly?
> >
> > we arrive up to the screen that says "Mapserver Demo Interfase bla bla
bla "
> > (after loading http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/mapserver_demos/itasca/
> > demo_init.html from the example), and when click on the <initialize>
button
> > we get the error
> >
> > "Internal Server Error
> > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
unable
> > to complete your request.
> > Please contact the server administrator, localhost and inform
> > them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done
that
> > may have
> > caused the error.
> > More information about this error may be available in the server error
log.
> > Apache/1.3.12 Server at sandpit Port 80"
> >
> > in the apache error log we get:
> >
> > mapserv: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.2: canot open
shared
> > object file: no such file or directory
> >
> > premature end of script headers: usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/mapserv
> >
> > Any idea. please help
> >
> > juanse
> >
> > From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 2:18 PM

> > > Looks pretty good. You might have to invoke 'ldconfig' to make the
> > > linker re-read the conf file.
> > >  Paul
> > >
> > > "Juan S. Barros J." wrote:
> > > >
> > > > thanks but it seem we need a bit more help
> > > >
> > > > we are building over
> > > > linux red hat 7.2
> > > > apache 1.3.22
> > > > php 4.06
> > > > postgre 7.1.3
> > > > postgis 0.6.2
> > > > mapserver 3.5
> > > >
> > > > we have
> > > >
> > > > # vi /etc/ld.so.conf
> > > > -------------------
> > > > /usr/x11r6/lib
> > > > /usr/lib
> > > > /usr/local/lib
> > > > /usr/local/pgsql/lib
> > > >
> > > > it this ok?
> > > >
> > > > juanse
> > > >
> > > > From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:28 PM
> > > >
> > > > > Check that libpq is available to your linker. If you are using
Linux,
> > > > > add the libpq directory to /etc/ld.so.conf. If you are using
Solaris,
> > > > > ensure that the libpq directory in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
> > > > > variable.
> > > > >
> > > > > P.
> > > > >
> > > > > > "Juan S. Barros J." wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A year or so ago  Andrey piliperz wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > > I am tring to build mapserver (CVS version) with postgis
support,
> > > > > > > but when I run ./mapserv the next message appears:
> > > > > > > ./mapserv: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.2:
> > cannot
> > > > > > open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I was configuring mapserver with
> > > > > > --with-postgis=/usr/local/bin/pg_config option
> > > > > > > and it builds without problems.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > we are having the same error message and couldn´t find answers
to
> > > > > > Andrey question, ¿anyone have an answer for this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > juanse
> > > > > > temuko-chile


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