[postgis-users] Why can't PostGIS ./configure find libgeos_c ??

[strk]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 04:08:55AM -0800, kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm compiling PostGIS with the following command:
> ./configure --with-pgconfig=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config --with-geosconfig=/usr/local/bin/geos-config
> 
> Yet I keep getting this error message:
> configure: error: could not find libgeos_c - you may need to specify the directory of a geos-config file using --with-geosconfig

I might be outdated here, but the message seems clearly stating you're
supposed to pass it a directory, not a file.
Lame, but most likely that's your problem.
Try using: --with-geosconfig=/usr/local/bin

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