[postgis-users] Make Check Error - Where is libgeos_c.so.1?

[Bill Thoen]

Installed from source the latest PostgreSQL, Proj4, GEOS and PostGIS on
Fedora Core 5, and am now installing PostGIS and getting stuck with the Make
Check step prior to Make Install. I'm running this as 'postgres' and
getting this output:

CREATE DATABASE
BEGIN
psql:lwpostgis.sql:39: NOTICE:  type "histogram2d" is not yet defined
DETAIL:  Creating a shell type definition.
psql:lwpostgis.sql:39: ERROR:  could not load library
    "/home/postgres/postgis-1.1.3/lwgeom/liblwgeom.so.1.1": libgeos_c.so.1:
    cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
psql:lwpostgis.sql:44: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands
    ignored until end of transaction block
psql:lwpostgis.sql:52: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands
    ignored until end of transaction block
... and so on


I don't see libgeos_c.so.1 anywhere, and I'm not sure how it's created but
I did the ./configure, make and make install for the GEOS package and I
didn't see any errors from that step.

Also when I run PostGIS's Make Check it keeps asking for postgres' password
again and again. Is there some way I can specify this once and not have it
keep asking me for it?

Any help would be appreciated!

- Bill Thoen