I'm trying to compile the latest PostGIS 2.1.0 beta and the configure process fails at:
checking GDAL version... 1.10.0
checking for OGR enabled... yes
checking gdal.h usability... yes
checking gdal.h presence... yes
checking for gdal.h... yes
checking ogr_api.h usability... yes
checking ogr_api.h presence... yes
checking for ogr_api.h... yes
checking cpl_conv.h usability... yes
checking cpl_conv.h presence... yes
checking for cpl_conv.h... yes
checking for library containing GDALAllRegister... no
configure: error: could not find GDAL
GDAL is installed to the normal /usr, and gdal-config is in my path, and the process still fails if I specify its location when I call ./configure. Configuration works if I specify –without-raster, but none of the PostGIS extensions are built, only the old fasioned .sql files so I can use ALTER EXTENSION to update my PostGIS database. Any ideas?
Best Answer
I had this problem and I found out the path to the libraries was missing. To see if something is missing, check the
/root/postgis-2.1.0/config.log
for hints.I had traced the following problems while searching for errors in the
config.log
file by the string 'needed by'.Solution: I searched for their location by searching for the missing files, E.G.
find / -name 'libhdf5.so.6'
and I found them.They were in:
I simply added the paths to the file /etc/ld.so.conf which now looks like:
Then run
ldconfig
and it all worked!