[postgis-users] Problem with PROJ4

[Paul Ramsey]

Add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf
Your shapefile import problem is probably related to the fact that 
postgis.sql failed to load -- you did not have PostGIS properly loaded, 
so your shapefiles could not be uploaded.

P.

Luis Mota wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm new to PostGIS, but I'm planning on using it a lot from now on.
> 
> I'm developing a GIS-software agent for the AgentCities european 
> project, so, if any one is interested, you can take a look at 
> www.agentcities.net .
> 
> I've been installing PostGIS (cvs version) today on a RedHat 7.0 with 
> PostgreSQL 7.2. I also wanted to install PROJ4, but here I couldn't do 
> it... I suppose I'm just too new to do this.
> 
> The problem is that I install with no problems both PROJ4 and PostGIS, 
> but when I try to run the psql -f postgis.sql -d whatever, there are two 
> things: first, I have to give the full path to postgis.sql (this is no 
> problem, of course), and second, the file is processed just until line 
> 218, where I get the following error:
> 
> psql:../share/contrib/postgis.sql:218: NOTICE:  ProcedureCreate: type 
> box3d is n
> ot yet defined
> psql:../share/contrib/postgis.sql:218: ERROR:  Load of file 
> /usr/local/pgsql/lib
> /contrib/libpostgis.so.0.7 failed: libproj.so.0: cannot open shared 
> object file:
> No such file or directory
> 
> As I understand this, 'libproj.so.0' is not found. However, this file 
> exists in /usr/local/lib/. Is this where this file should be? Am I 
> having some PATH or other environment variable problem? Has anyone seen 
> this?
> 
> I tried to look at the mailing list archives, but the only somehow 
> similar problem was about some DOS end-lines, which I suppose is not the 
> present case.
> 
> I was also not able to import .shp data. There was also a problem with 
> somo lib, I suppose the reason must be the same...
> 
> Since I'm not having a clue, any help is appreciated.
> 
> Bye, Luís
> 
> 
> 
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