Hi Ankit, Can you please share the generated config.log ?
Following works for me i.e. > export > PATH=/work/postgresql/inst/bin:/opt/proj-4.7.0/inst/bin:/opt/gdal-1.9.1/inst/bin:/opt/geos-3.3.5/inst/bin:$PATH > export > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/work/postgresql/inst/lib:/opt/proj-4.7.0/inst/lib:/opt/gdal-1.9.1/inst/lib:/opt/geos-3.3.5/inst/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./configure --prefix=$PWD/inst --with-projdir=/opt/proj-4.7.0/inst &> > configure.log > make &> make.log Regards, Muhammad Asif Naeem On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Ankit Sablok <ankit...@buffalo.edu> wrote: > I am trying to install PostGIS on a RHEL_5 system and failing at it > miserably. The way I am trying to install it is as follows. I copy over all > the artifacts of postgresql server as in the bin, lib, share directories of > postgresql server in a directory called pgql and I place it in the root > directory i.e /pgsql is the directory which contains things like pg_config > and all the other libs and bins that one gets by installing postgresql > using the standard installation. All the dependencies of PostGIS get > installed successfully using the standard build process of *./configure > --prefix=/pgsql, make and make install* but when I issue the following > command for building PostGIS using the same process : > > ./configure --with-gdalconfig=/pgsql/bin/gdal-config > --with-geosconfig=/pgsql/bin/geos-config --with-projdir=/pgsql > --with-jsondir=/pgsql --with-pgconfig=/pgsql/bin/pg_config > > I get the following error in the configure step : > > checking PostgreSQL version... PostgreSQL 9.6 > > checking libpq-fe.h usability... no > > checking libpq-fe.h presence... no > > checking for libpq-fe.h... no > > configure: error: could not find libpq-fe.h" > > to remedy this error I tried placing the include files in the include > directory of postgresql by find the appropriate path using > > /pgsql/bin/pg_config --includedir > > and then when I try to install PostGIS, it still fails. Can anyone suggest > some workaround to build PostGIS using this non-standard approach of > building PostGIS? > > Edit: When I try to add all the include files which includes the > libpq-fe.h and libpq headers as well along with other header I get the > following error when configuring PostGIS > > checking for PQserverVersion in -lpq... no > > configure: error: could not find libpq > > > >
