[postgis-users] "ERROR: could not access file "$libdir/postgis-1.5": No such file or directory"

[Jorge Arevalo]

2010/3/12 Gissur Þórhallsson <gissur at loftmyndir.is>:
> Hi,
> I'm setting up postgis on a Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS Server that I'm setting up.
> I decided that it would be best for me build Postgis 1.5 from source so
> that's what I did - starting with Postgres 8.4.2 from trunk through GEOS and
> PROJ and everything went fine. I've now also compiled postgis 1.5 and was
> preparing to run new_postgis_restore.pl to restore my database (migrated
> from windows postgresql 8.2).
> When I try to run psql postgis.sql on the database I intend to restore into
> (as stipulated inside new_postgis_restore.pl) I get the
> following: http://postgis.pastebin.com/TCC0yk35
> Running $ldd /absolute/path/to/postgis-1.5.so returns
> this: http://postgis.pastebin.com/yERz1HeY (which looks normal enough)
>
> For further reference I enclose my pg_config
> output: http://postgis.pastebin.com/6u3zfTyc
> LIBDIR is set to /usr/lib in there, and my postgis-1.5.so is located
> at  /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/lib/ postgis-1.5.so
> Does anybody have any ideas?
> Kind regards from Iceland,
> Gissur Þórhallsson
>
> Loftmyndir ehf.
> Laugavegur 13
> IS 101 Reykjavík - Iceland
> sími (tel): (+354) 540 2500
> tölvupóstur (email): gissur at loftmyndir.is
>

Hi,

Try adding /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/lib/postgis-1.5.so to
/etc/ld.so.conf and then executing "sudo ldconfig"

Hope this helps...

Best regards,
Jorge


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