[postgis-devel] Compiling PostGIS + GDAL + WKT Raster in Windows with MinGW

[Pierre Racine]

Just leave everything where it is compiled and add c:\postgres\lib to your PATH system variable.

Pierre

>-----Original Message-----
>From: postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net [mailto:postgis-devel-
>bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Jorge Arévalo
>Sent: 2 juin 2010 12:11
>To: PostGIS Development Discussion
>Cc: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>Subject: Re: [postgis-devel] Compiling PostGIS + GDAL + WKT Raster in Windows with MinGW
>
>On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Pierre Racine
><Pierre.Racine at sbf.ulaval.ca> wrote:
>> Try with GDAL 1.7.1 instead... this is the I could compile with (--without-libtool).
>>
>Many thanks, Pierre. At the end, it compiled with GDAL 1.7.1. Now, the
>problem is a pretty
>
>ERROR: could not load library "c:/postgres/lib/rtpostgis.dll": The
>specified module could not be found
>
>while executing rtpostgis.sql. The file rtpostgis.dll does exist in
>its location (c:/postgres/lib). And I've tested with:
>
>- Copying rtpostgis.dll to /c/postgres/bin (I had to do something
>similar with libpq.dll)
>- Setting LIBDIR to "/c/postgres/lib" and "c:/postgres/lib" and
>restarting the server
>
>It didn't work. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks again, and best regards,
>Jorge
>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net [mailto:postgis-devel-
>>>bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Jorge Arévalo
>>>Sent: 31 mai 2010 07:42
>>>To: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org; PostGIS Development Discussion
>>>Subject: [postgis-devel] Compiling PostGIS + GDAL + WKT Raster in Windows with MinGW
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I'm trying to compile WKT Raster [1] in Windows using MinGW 5.1.6. I
>>>compiled PostgreSQL 8.4.3, PostGIS 1.4.2 and GDAL 1.7.2 properly
>>>following these instructions:
>>>
>>>http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildingWithMinGW (for GDAL)
>>>http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiWinCompile (for PostgreSQL
>>>+ PostGIS)
>>>
>>>Now I'm trying to compile WKT Raster, but I get thousands of messages
>>>"undefined reference to..." in libgdal.a (one of the files WKT Raster
>>>is trying to link to). Seems to be a problem of "naming convention",
>>>or similar. For example, one of the error messages is:
>>>
>>>undefined reference to `GEOSOverlaps'
>>>
>>>If I execute nm libgdal.a | grep "GEOSOverlaps", I get this:
>>>
>>>U _GEOSOverlaps
>>>
>>>With an underscore before function's name. I think that's the problem,
>>>because if I execute the same command in a Linux machine, where I
>>>succeeded to compile WKT Raster, I get:
>>>
>>>U GEOSOverlaps
>>>
>>>Without underscore. The name expected.
>>>
>>>Am I right? Any clues on how to solve this problem with MinGW? I
>>>attach a build log file
>>>
>>>Many thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>
>>>--
>>>Jorge Arévalo
>>>DEIMOS Space
>>>Internet & Mobilty Division
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>>>Tel: +34 91 806 34 50 - ext: 155
>>>jorge.arevalo at deimos-space.com
>>>
>>>[1] http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/WKTRaster
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