[postgis-users] Re: can not load library

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 13:51 -0600, Jeremy Dunck wrote:

> $ geos-config --version
> 2.1.4
> 
> $ apt-cache showpkg libgeos-dev
> Package: libgeos-dev
> Versions:
> 2.1.4-2(/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_dapper_universe_binary-i386_Packages)(/var/lib/dpkg/status)
> 
> Reverse Depends:
>   libqgis0-dev,libgeos-dev 2.0.1-1
>   libgeos-doc,libgeos-dev 2.1.4-2
> Dependencies:
> 2.1.4-2 - libgeos2c2a (5 2.1.4-2) libgdal-doc (0 (null))
> Provides:
> 2.1.4-2 -
> Reverse Provides:
> 
> ---
> 
> I was trying to stick to ubuntu packages where possible, but I'm not
> sure I understand the distinction between geos C API and non.    Is
> there a config flag I could pass in for the C API, or does this
> require a new build of GEOS?
> 
> Thanks for the help!
>   Jeremy


Hi Jeremy,

I believe that C API support requires GEOS 2.2 or higher, however I'm
not sure where you can find packages for Ubuntu if you don't want to
build from source - maybe someone else on the list can help?


Kind regards,

Mark.