[postgis-users] Installing PostGIS on FreeBSD : trouble with libpq

[Mark Stosberg]

On 10/27/2011 08:34 PM, Dheeraj Chand wrote:
> Hi, all,
> 
> I'm not that great with BSD, but I'm running into this error trying to install from the ports tree. Anyone willing to help?

What version of FreeBSD are you using? Did you install PostgreSQL 8.4.9
from ports, a package, or by hand?

   Mark

> configure: WARNING: could not locate CUnit required for liblwgeom unit tests
> checking iconv.h usability... yes
> checking iconv.h presence... yes
> checking for iconv.h... yes
> checking for libiconv_open in -liconv... yes
> checking for iconvctl... no
> checking for libiconvctl... no
> checking for pg_config... /usr/local/bin/pg_config
> checking PostgreSQL version... PostgreSQL 8.4.9
> checking libpq-fe.h usability... yes
> checking libpq-fe.h presence... yes
> checking for libpq-fe.h... yes
> checking for PQserverVersion in -lpq... no
> configure: error: could not find libpq
> ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
> Please report the problem to anderson at cnpm.embrapa.br [maintainer] and attach
> the "/usr/ports/databases/postgis/work/postgis-1.5.3/config.log" including
> the output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a good idea
> to provide an overview of all packages installed on your system (e.g. an `ls
> /var/db/pkg`).
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/databases/postgis.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/databases/postgis.
> dirty:/usr/ports/databases/postgis# whereis libpq
> libpq:
> dirty:/usr/ports/databases/postgis# make clean
> ===>  Cleaning for postgis-1.5.3
> dirty:/usr/ports/databases/postgis# make deinstall
> ===>  Deinstalling for databases/postgis
> ===>   postgis not installed, skipping
> dirty:/usr/ports/databases/postgis# whereis libpq
> libpq:
> dirty:/usr/ports/databases/postgis# find / -name libpq
> /usr/local/include/libpq
> /usr/local/include/postgresql/internal/libpq
> /usr/local/include/postgresql/server/libpq
> /usr/home/naveenm/postgresql-8.4.4/src/backend/libpq
> /usr/home/naveenm/postgresql-8.4.4/src/include/libpq
> /usr/home/naveenm/postgresql-8.4.4/src/interfaces/libpq
> dirty:/usr/ports/databases/postgis#