[postgis-users] Running PostGIS 2.0 on 64 bit machine

[Joan]

Thanks Bborie, I am now on the right track.

Joan.

On 24 January 2012 15:47, Bborie Park <bkpark at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> Hey Joan,
>
> You must be using an older build of PostGIS 2.0 as raster2pgsql.py is
> no longer supported.  You will want to download and use the latest
> Windows Experimental builds.
>
> http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/experimental.php
>
> Look for the links under the text...
>
> "These are 32-bit binaries so will not work on 64-bit PostgreSQL. We
> are working on getting 64-bit binaries out as well, but are running
> into some stumbling blocks. For the time being -- if you are on
> Windows 64-bit, you must install the 32-bit PostgreSQL to use these."
>
> Also, there are no 64-bit builds of PostGIS available yet due to
> compilation issues.
>
> Hopefully that gets you back on track.
>
> -bborie
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Joan <wamaithajoan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been trying to set up PostGIS on a 64 bit machine running windows
> 7.
> > The installation was successful but when I run the raster2pgsql script I
> get
> > the following error.
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "C:\Postgresql\bin\raster2pgsql.py", line 34, in <module>
> >     from osgeo import gdal
> >   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 21, in
> > <module>
> >     _gdal = swig_import_helper()
> >   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 17, in
> > swig_import_helper
> >     _mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)
> > ImportError: DLL load failed: The operating system cannot run %1.
> >
> > I have gdal in C:\Program Files (x86)\GDAL and C:\Program Files
> > (x86)\GDAL\gdal-data in the environmental variables
> >
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> > Joan
> >
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>
>
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