[postgis-users] library loading error

collin collin at socrates.berkeley.edu
Wed Dec 1 11:07:55 PST 2004


Okay, manually edited my /etc/ld.so.conf file and added /usr/local/lib.

Previously I had not done that. I was under the mistaken impression that 
  typing ldconfig /usr/local/lib performed that function.

We'll see how that works.

Thanks, Collin

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 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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