[GIS] Could not access file “$libdir/postgis-2.4”: No such file or directory

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When trying to make the postgis_tiger_geocoder extension and running 'make installcheck' I get the following error:

could not access file "$libdir/postgis-2.4": No such file or directory

Searching for 'postgis-2.4' proves that it does not exist.

I get the same error if I try to install the extensions into a database through the psql interface.

I have seen one ticket with the same problem on this site and the answer was to re-install the software with a different version, but I was hoping there was a more targeted solution. There seem to be so many incompatibilities to overcome that re-installing the software seems likely to solve one problem but then present me with a whole list of other problems.

I have installed postgreSQL 9.6.9 and postGIS 2.4.5.

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The solution was a little drastic but it appears to have worked. The available packages and support for Centos appeared limited compared to Ubuntu. I therefore re-purposed the server to run Ubuntu and so far the install appears to have been succesful.

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It seems that there is more than one Postgis version on Travis dockers and Postgis don't know which version to install. The Travis documentation is clearly incomplete. After 20 or more tries on Travis, I found the solution! I share it here.

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Here is a link to the failing job

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