[postgis-users] PostGIS install

[Eric Wright]

Thanks for the tip Paul that got me up and running again.

Eric

Paul Ramsey wrote:

> Far easier is to use the appropriate system tools:
>
> On Linux:
>
> - First make sure that /usr/local/bin appears in /etc/ld.so.con
> - Run /sbin/ldconfig
> - Profit
>
> You will find that all symlinks are automatically added and maintained.
>
> On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 01:54 AM, Darren Houston wrote:
>
>>
>> Good evening accidentally turned into good morning for me :).
>>
>> The problem is that PostGIS can't find the GEOS library 
>> (libgeos.so.1). Did you
>> install GEOS? Did you install Proj4 support? You don't need to 
>> install any of
>> these (although I would recommend them), but before you compile and 
>> install
>> PostGIS you need to edit the makefile in the PostGIS source directory 
>> and change
>> USE_PROJ= to 0 and USE_GEOS= to 0 (or conversely, keep them at their 
>> default, 1,
>> install GEOS/Proj4 and modify GEOS_DIR and PROJ_DIR to point to your
>> installations). If you have installed GEOS and/or Proj4, make a 
>> symbolic link to
>> the GEOS/Proj4 libraries in /usr/local/pgsql/lib/ using the command;
>>
>> ln -s location_of_library name_of_library
>>
>> On my system, for GEOS, I cd to /usr/local/pgsql/lib and type;
>>
>> ln -s /usr/local/geos/lib/libgeos.so.1.0.0 libgeos.so
>> ln -s /usr/local/geos/lib/libgeos.so.1.0.0 libgeos.so.1
>> ln -s /usr/local/geos/lib/libgeos.so.1.0.0 libgeos.so.1.0.0
>>
>> This will make symbolic links called libgeos.so, libgeos.so.1, 
>> libgeos.so.1.0.0
>> that point to the actual GEOS library named libgeos.so.1.0.0. Do not 
>> use hard
>> links. The -s specifies symbolic. Type man ln for help.
>>
>> If you didn't install GEOS/Proj4, you could try installing Proj4 and 
>> GEOS into
>> /usr/local, making the symbolic links and seeing what happens. This is
>> theoretical, I've never tried this. After that, you will have to 
>> compile and
>> install PostGIS again.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric Wright <eric.linux at shaw.ca> said:
>>
>>> Good evening,
>>> I am trying to install the postgis package and when I get to the step:
>>> |    psql -d yourtestdatabase -f postgis.sql
>>>
>>> I get the following error:
>>>     psql:postgis.sql:44: NOTICE:  type "histogram2d" is not yet defined
>>>     DETAIL:  Creating a shell type definition.
>>>     psql:postgis.sql:44: ERROR:  could not load library
>>> "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpostgis.so.0.8":
>>>     libgeos.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
>>> directory
>>>
>>> I am can browse to the directory where the ||/usr/local/pgsql/lib/
>>> directory and verify that the file (or a link to the file) does 
>>> exist so
>>> I am at a loss as to why it is complaining.
>>>
>>> In case you have not guessed yet I am fairly new to the Linux thing so
>>> any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Eric W
>>> |
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Darren Houston
>>
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