Postgres create POSTGIS extension error with CentOS 6

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I am running PostgreSQL 9.3 with Postgis 2.0 on CentOS 6.3.

I installed PostgreSQL and PostGIS according to this instructions: http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiPostGIS21CentOS6pgdg

When trying to create Postgis extension

Create Extension Postgis;

I get the following error,

ERROR:  could not load library "/usr/pgsql-9.3/lib/rtpostgis-2.1.so": libhdf5.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

May I know how to install the POSTGIS extension successfully?

Recently I have successfully installed postgresql-9.3, postgis2.1 on CentOS 6.5 x64 without any problem. FYI. — Xianlin
– Xianlin, Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 5:02

motilio · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-04 04:32:52Z

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I have CentOs 6.5 and did this:

1) Install following packages

hdf5-1.8.11-42.1.x86_64.rpm
json-c-0.10-2.1.x86_64.rpm
libhdf5-8-1.8.11-42.1.x86_64.rpm
libhdf5_hl8-1.8.11-42.1.x86_64.rpm

I don't know if I can link files directly here, so look for those files at rpm.pbone.net, download CentOS 6 version.

2) As Postgis requires version hdf5 version 6, you have to execute this commands as root (# is prompt)

# cd /usr/lib64
# ln -s libhdf5_hl.so.8 libhdf5_hl.so.6
# ln -s libhdf5.so.8 libhdf5.so.6

PS Don't forget to install postgresql contrib package, as Postgis requires fuzzystrmatch extension for some modules.

answered Feb 4, 2014 at 4:32

motilio

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Fabrizio Mazzoni · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-12 13:26:25Z

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Have you tried installing the package that contains libhdf5 and then tried running again the create extension command? Apparently postgis is linked to that package which is not present on your system.

answered Dec 12, 2013 at 13:26

Fabrizio Mazzoni

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Xianlin Over a year ago

may I know the package name contains libhdf5 in centos repo?

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