[postgis-users] Problem installing PostGIS

Mark Leslie mark.leslie at lisasoft.com
Mon Dec 10 14:01:44 PST 2007


liblwgeom.so.1.3 is the PostGIS library.  It's installed into the pgsql
directory during a 'make install'.

Alex Turner wrote:
> Is /usr/lib/pgsql/liblwgeom.so.1.3 generated by PostGIS or from the
> Postgresql RPMs?  Do I just need to update my postgres version?
> 
> Alex
> 
> On Dec 10, 2007 12:50 PM, Paul Ramsey < pramsey at refractions.net
> <mailto:pramsey at refractions.net>> wrote:
> 
>     There appears to be a mismatch between the .sql file you are using
>     and the .so file it's linking to. Check their dates.  All else fails,
>     just delete the coveredby definition from the .sql file if you're in
>     a hurry.
> 
>     P
> 
>     On 10-Dec-07, at 9:40 AM, Alex Turner wrote:
> 
>     > I am installing PostGIS 1.3.1 from source on RedHat EL5 on
>     > Postgresql-8.2.5-2PGDG.rhel5 RPM version
>     >
>     > I get an error when upping lwpostgis.sql into my test database:
>     >
>     > CREATE FUNCTION
>     > CREATE FUNCTION
>     > CREATE FUNCTION
>     > psql:/usr/share/lwpostgis.sql:4093: ERROR:  could not find function
>     > "coveredby" in file "/usr/lib/pgsql/liblwgeom.so.1.3"
>     > psql:/usr/share/lwpostgis.sql:4099: ERROR:  current transaction is
>     > aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
>     > psql:/usr/share/lwpostgis.sql:4105: ERROR:  current transaction is
>     > aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated
>     >
>     > Alex
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