I have installed Postgresql#9.5 to my OSX El Capitan Machine using Homebrew 1.2. Unfortunately, upon installing Postgis, and performing CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
It returns,
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql#9.5/9.5.6/share/postgresql#9.5/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory
I tried, uninstalling all postgresql and install only the 9.5 version, and then installing postgis but to no avail.
I think I got a similar question but this one is only for Ubuntu.
how to change install postgis location? postgres
This discussion also instruct to install postgresql using # notation but didn't tell that it will create a non-comformant directory name
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I´m trying to get PostGIS working, but it seems that Postgresql doesn´t find the extension. My server is running on CentOS 8, the Postgresql is version 12. I installed Postgresql 12 first via dnf module enable postgresql:12 etc..
Afterwards I installed PostGIS and followed the description on the PostGIS website (https://people.planetpostgresql.org/devrim/index.php?/archives/102-Installing-PostGIS-3.0-and-PostgreSQL-12-on-CentOS-8.html). But when I try to run CREATE EXTENSION postgis; I get the error ERROR: could not access file "$libdir/postgis-3": No such file or directory SQL state: 58P01 I figured out that the needed files reside in a subdirectory "bitcode". Therefore I tried to symlink the content in the $libdir directory above - but didn´t help. Even copying them in the directory didn´t - same error. What am I missing?
Thank you and best regards,
Goetz
You have a mix of packages installed: Some from the CentOS distribution, some from the PostgreSQL site. That will lead to trouble.
Uninstall the PostgreSQL packages that do not have PGDG in them and make sure to disable them as shown in the link you show. Then install the PGDG packages for PostGIS
I'm trying to deploy a PostGIS cluster using Postgres-XL on AWS, for this I have the next architecture:
SO: ubuntu
1 GTM (172.31.45.190)
1 Coordinator (172.31.45.191)
2 Datanodes (172.31.45.192 and 172.31.45.193)
I had my cluster running but I can't manage to make PostGIS work, I tried the installation with sudo apt-get install postgis but when I try to create the extension inside my db (CREATE EXTENSION postgis;) I got the next error:
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory
The postgis.control file installed by apt-get is in: "/usr/share/postgresql/9.5/extension/postgis.control" so I think is just a problem with the paths but I'm a little lost on that configuration
Thank you in advance for any help!
In case anyone is running in this issue, I solved following this steps:
Install Postgres-xl and PostGIS dependencies to compile (Be sure to install the package postgresql-server-dev-9.5 in this step, otherwise it's going to brake your postgres-xl installation)
Build and install Postgres-XL with ./configure -prefix=/usr/lib/postgresql/9.5
Build and install PostGIS
Start your cluster
You're using a version of PostgreSQL (in this case PostgreSQL-XL) that was installed from somewhere other than the Ubuntu repositories (similar to this issue). The /usr/local/pgsql/share is the configured $SHAREDIR for your installation of PostgreSQL. The default on Ubuntu for PostgreSQL 9.5 should be /usr/share/postgresql/9.5. As far as I can tell $SHAREDIR is configured at compile time and can't easily be changed.
PostGIS gets compiled against the version of PostgreSQL it's going to be used against. So in this case the Ubuntu version of PostGIS isn't going to be compatible with the version of PostgreSQL-XL you're running.
You have two options for fixing the issue:
Install PostgreSQL from the Ubuntu software repository (make sure you back up your database first!) and use that instead of PostgreSQL-XL.
Install PostGIS manually into PostgreSQL-XL.
I have installed Postgresql#9.6 and Postgis via Homebrew. However, installing Postgis via Homebrew installs the latest version of Postgresql at 10 as dependency and pinning Postgresql at 9.6.5 blocks the install of Postgis via Homebrew.
Performing 'CREATE EXTENSION postgis;' returns:
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql#9.6/9.6.5/share/postgresql#9.6/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory
I've also tried uninstalling the Postgresql (at 10) and editing the Postgis formula to depend on Postgres#9.6 instead of Postgresql.
This is similar to How to install Postgis to a Keg installation of Postgres#9.5 using Homebrew? but with a later keg formula
I managed to do it after many combinations.
In a nutshell, solution is to install the old version of the original package postgres, switch to it, and install the old version of postgis.
Install postgres
1/ Install the current version of postgres (10.1 as speaking)
brew install postgres
2/ Install the old version of postgres using its old formula. Proper link can be found using github or git log on the Tap repo (/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/).
brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/d014fa223f77bee4b4097c5e80faa0954e28182f/Formula/postgresql.rb
This will install the version 9.6.5 (last one before 10.x series).
3/ Switch to it so links are defaulted to postgres 9.6
brew switch postgres 9.6.5
Install postgis
4/ Install old version of postgis (2.3). This is using the same sha version of the Formula so everything is linked correctly (using the current postgis will expect postgresql 10, so it will end up to a version mismatch when initializing extension).
brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/d014fa223f77bee4b4097c5e80faa0954e28182f/Formula/postgis.rb
Use them
5/ If required initialise the DB
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
6/ Create and use your DB
createdb mydb
psql mydb
mydb=# CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
Installing PEX, a package manager for Postgresql allowed me to install Postgis for the keg version of Postgresql#9.6 and use CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
This isn't a Homebrew solution but after a lot of searching, it finally allowed me to use Postgis.
HelloI ran into this same problem of multiple implementation of pgsql versions including legacy ones. So after a bit of research I would like to share my solution.
Problem:
I am working on a macbook pro 2013 with 10.11 el capitan. I am GIS developer and extensive user of homebrew. I didn't pin the postgresql package for compatibility reasons. Thus, the package got updated to postgresql version 10.5 along other packages. This caused me to be unable to use postgresql version 9.4. The cleverest solution would have been to use a brew switch postgresql 9.4.19. Except that when compiling postgis 2.5.0 from osgeo/osgeo4mac it defautls (looks for) the postgresql binary folder to install the symlinked (or not) extensions. Here again another compatibility problem. One could tinker a bit with homebrew files and transfer files manually. That's ill advice...the package manager (homebrew) needs to stay a coherent ecosystem to provide for a stable workspace.
Proposed Solution:
Go here BigSQL and download the dmg of your chosen version
install the software where you want in your filesystem
within the installation folder you'll find a directory named pg9x ; x being the version number (e.g pg95 for postgresql 9.5 and so on...
in this folder you'll find a file named pg9x.env
source this file to your .profile with source /your/path/pg9x/pg9x.env line
in the main installation folder, for instance /your/path/pg9x/, you'll finde a python script called pgc, alias it to your .profile with alias pgc="your/path/pgc"
save your .profile and refresh your environment variable with source .profile on the command prompt
still within the command prompt, type pgc list, you'll get a list of installed packages. You'll see the version of postgesql you've downloaded
to install another version of postgresql, say 9.6, type pgc install pg96
to install postgis for pg95 type pgc install postgis22-pg95
to install postgis for pg96 type pgc install postgis23-pg96
now, after installation you'll need to initialize the downloaded component with pgc init pg96 or pgc init postgis23-pg96 etc...
to check if your daemon is running correctly type pgc status
to start a version daemon of your choice type for example pgc start pg95
to stop a version daemon of your choice type pgc stop pg95
the installation also comes with an LTS release of pgadmin3 that works fine with all versions (not the case of brew version of pgadmin3), this is very convenient
type pgc help for more options
Let the elephant dance^^
Hope this helps.
Spicy.
I faced a similar issue and what worked for me was to follow the instructions at https://github.com/CloverHealth/homebrew-tap, which seem similar in spirit to #Antwan's solution but with a few more clean up steps, also it gets slightly later versions: postgresql 9.6.10 and postgis 2.5.
My steps differed slightly from those at CloverHealth: My brew version no longer supports brew switch postgresql 9.6.10 and I tried first brew link postgresql#9.6.10 and then brew link postgresql#9.6 but both gave
Error: no such keg
Trying brew search postgresql showed a little green checkmark next to the cloverhealth Formulae, so I tried brew link cloverhealth/tap/postgresql and got
Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.6.10
So, ok it was already linked. Other than that my steps were the same as described at the CloverHealth page, and now I'm up and running again.
I am getting the following error when I run create extension postgis;
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/Library/PostgreSQL/9.6/share/postgresql/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory
I am using Postgres 9.6.3 and PostGIS 2.3.2 installed using Homebrew on OS X El Capitan.
mdfind -name postgis.control shows:
/usr/local/Cellar/postgis/2.3.2/share/postgresql/extension/postgis.control
brew info postgis shows:
PostGIS extension modules installed to:
/usr/local/share/postgresql/extension
When I start the Postgres console I see:
psql (9.6.3, server 9.6.1)
I read a similar question, PostGIS Homebrew installation referencing an old path?, and tried to reload postgresql using the commands given in the top answer, but I am still seeing psql (9.6.3, server 9.6.1). Also, I believe my issue is different because it's looking for the extension control file in /Library and not /usr/local/Cellar.
Any help would be appreciated.
When you try to install postgis it install latest version of postgresql along with it as dependency.
So if you installed postgres#V (where V is user desired version )
brew install postgresql#V
later you run this command
brew install postgis
it will install postgres10.1 or whatever is latest.
So after that if run
create extension postgis;
In postgresql#V it will try to check its extension directory and it won't find postgis.control in extension directory as this postgis is installed in extension folder of postgresql version that is installed with that.
To solve this problem, you have to create a symlink from given installation of postgis to the desired postgresql#V
This example for postgresql#9.6
ln -s /usr/local/share/postgresql/extension/postgis* /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql#9.6/9.6.6/share/postgresql#9.6/extension/
ln -s /usr/local/lib/postgresql/postgis-2.3.so /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql#9.6/9.6.6/lib/postgis-2.3
ln -s /usr/local/lib/postgresql/rtpostgis-2.3.so /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql#9.6/9.6.6/lib/
before running these commands, please check postgresql version and file path in your system
Thanks this gist for help.
I had a similar problem with full details here. When the server is mentioned in your Postgres console, it means that you're referencing an older codebase. Stop that server and launch the correct server with the following commands.
$ brew services list
That will give you a list of database servers that are running.
$ brew services stop postgresql#<older-version>
$ brew services start postgresql
I need to add an extension called unaccent to my postgres database.
Postgres version PostgreSQL version: 9.3rc1
I have a problem to install the extension.
What i did:
sudo apt-get install postgresql-contrib-9.1
I know it's with 9.1 version, but on my test server i did everyting the same with postgres version 9.4, and everything works.
When i run a script on my production server
CREATE EXTENSION unaccent schema pg_catalog;
it throws me an error :
could not open extension control file "/usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/unaccent.control": Directory or file doesn't exist
What is the problem in this case? Extension has been installed into "wrong" (i guess) directory /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/extension instead of usr/local/pgsql/share/extension
Is there any chance to make postgres look into other directory than default for extensions?
Don't use PostgreSQL 9.3rc1. Just don't. That's not a production version.
You have to install the contrib modules from the same source and in the same version as PostgreSQL core. Everything else won't work.
So this is what you should do:
Upgrade PostgreSQL to something more recent, at leat 9.3.14.
Install the contrib modules from the same provider in the same version.