[postgis-users] library loading error

Paul Ramsey pramsey at refractions.net
Wed Dec 1 10:59:29 PST 2004


Is /usr/local/lib in your /etc/ld.so.conf file?
If not, add it, and run ldconfig. All will work properly, permanently.
P

On 1-Dec-04, at 10:57 AM, collin wrote:

> When I rebooted this morning, downloaded FC3 kernel source to help 
> with compiling madwifi, I now find that postgresql is _again_ no 
> longer recognizing libgeos?!
>
> Is there something more permanent I need to do than doing ldconfig 
> /usr/lib as root?
>
> Collin
>
> collin wrote:
>> I ran ldconfig -v. liblwgeom.so.1.0 was found, but libgeos.so.2.0.1 
>> was not.  I guess I may not have run it after all for /usr/local/lib. 
>> So I ran it with /usr/local/lib.
>> After adding local/lib and rebooting, postgresql is now recognizing 
>> geometries properly. Thanks!
>> Collin
>> strk at refractions.net wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 08:51:20AM -0800, collin wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, I ran it after geos,proj4,postgresql install, but before 
>>>> postgis install.  Then I ran it again after postgis install.
>>>>
>>>> Should I have run it immediately after geos install?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No. But you did have to run it.
>>> ldconfig -v gives you a list of 'found' libraries (under Linux)
>>> --strk;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Collin
>>>>
>>>> strk at refractions.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> run ldconfig after GEOS install ?
>>>>> --strk;
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 07:56:00AM -0800, collin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have compiled postgresql 8.0beta5, geos2.0.1, proj 4.4.9, and 
>>>>>> postgis
>>>>>> form cvs (11/26) successfully on Fedora Core 3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have loaded a number or datasets into the database (sample lidar
>>>>>> points) and run gist, viewed with jump, etc without a problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After a round of Up2Date updates however, this morning I have 
>>>>>> received
>>>>>> the following error:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ERROR:  could not load library 
>>>>>> "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/liblwgeom.so.1.0":
>>>>>> libgeos.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
>>>>>> directory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This occurs any time I try to select or operate on any table with
>>>>>> geometry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried ldconfig /usr/local/pgsql/lib/, and i have 
>>>>>> $LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /usr/local/pgsql/lib/ in my master startup 
>>>>>> profile.  Despite this, it still throws the error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Collin Bode
>>>>>> GIS Informatics Researcher
>>>>>> UC Berkeley
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