[postgis-users] OSX PostGIS 9.1 installer not working

[Jim deVos]

Yep, that sounds like the problem. I was using your PostGIS installer but
the Postgres came from enterprisedb.com.    Many thanks for the info!

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:16 PM, William Kyngesburye
<woklist at kyngchaos.com>wrote:

> If you are installing my PostGIS, it requires my Postgres package, the one
> that is installed in /usr/local/pgsql-9.x.  I don't support Postgres
> installed in /Library (I think that's the "official" postgres) or Apple's
> in /usr (new in Lion).
>
> On May 11, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Jim deVos wrote:
>
> > I'm unable to successfully run the postgis 9.1 graphical installer on my
> Mac (OSX 10.6.8).   Whenever I launch the installer it displays the
> following dialog "PostGIS requires PostgreSQL 9.1."  and then terminates.
> >
> > I've confirmed that PostgreSQL 9.1 is installed and appears to be
> working correctly.  Note that I also have an 8.4 install running also (8.4
> runs on the default port 5432, and the v9.1 instance runs on port 5433).
>  I've tried stopping the 8.4 service and starting the 9.1 instance on the
> default port, but I still get the error.
> >
> > I read a similar thread (issues w/ postgis 9.0 installer)  that claimed
> that the installer looks for "/usr/local/pgsql-9.0/lib/libpq.5.3.dylib".  I
> don't have this file (or even this directory) on my machine,  but I do have
> "/Library/PostgreSQL/9.1/lib/libpq.5.4.dylib", if that matters, and it does
> appear that my postgresql 9.1 installation is working (i'm able to connect,
> create tables, etc.).
> >
> > Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
> >
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