[postgis-users] postgis install probs under OpenSuse 10.0

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net [mailto:postgis-users-
> bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Poizot Emmanuel
> Sent: 20 December 2005 08:11
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: [postgis-users] postgis install probs under OpenSuse 10.0
> 
> Hi,
> I try to install postgis under OpenSuse 10.0.
> I did downloaad the sources of postgres and compile it without any
> problems.
> I downloaded postgis and decompresses it in the contrib folder of
> postgres.
> Make and make install works well (no errors).
> I started postgres :
> postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
> I did create a database :
> createdb test
> then I attached plsql language to my newly database :
> |createlang plpgsql test
> but when I tape for the next step :
> ||psql -d test -f lwpostgis.sql
> 
> I've got a lots of messages :
> 
> |psql:lwpostgis.sql:30: NOTICE: le type «histogram2d» n'est pas encore
> défini
> DÉTAIL : Création de la définition d'un shell type.
> psql:lwpostgis.sql:30: ERREUR: n'a pas pu accéder au fichier
> «$libdir/liblwgeom.so.1.0» : Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce type
> psql:lwpostgis.sql:35: ERREUR: La transaction courante est annulée, les
> commandes sont ignorées jusqu'à la fon du bloc de la transaction
> .
> .
> .
> sql:lwpostgis.sql:2955: ERREUR: La transaction courante est annulée, les
> commandes sont ignorées jusqu'à la fon du bloc de la transaction
> psql:lwpostgis.sql:2961: ERREUR: La transaction courante est annulée,
> les commandes sont ignorées jusqu'à la fon du bloc de la transaction
> ROLLBACK
> 
> is this a problem of path, and if so wich one is missing ?
> Regards


Hi Emmanuel,

The problem is that PostgreSQL cannot find your liblwgeom.so.1.0 file. The
directory in which PostgreSQL expects to find it can be found by typing:

pg_config --libdir


Kind regards,

Mark.

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