Re: shp2pgsql is missing - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: shp2pgsql is missing
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Msg-id 63fd83b9-ac3c-2efd-74ac-bcbcddd2142d@aklaver.com
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In response to shp2pgsql is missing  (Susan Hurst <susan.hurst@brookhurstdata.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 7/26/20 11:25 AM, Susan Hurst wrote:
> How can I acquire or download the shp2pgsql file that I need for the 
> tiger geocoder?
> 
> All of the online searches for a solution have not been helpful. 
> Supposedly, shp2pgsql is supposed to just be there when postgis is 
> installed, but it's not.  I even tried updating postgis with:  ALTER 
> EXTENSION postgis UPDATE;
> ...but the message just says it's already there:  NOTICE:  version 
> "3.0.0" of extension "postgis" is already installed.
> 
> Where can I find the elusive file so I can install it properly?
> 
> Here are the specifics of my system:
> 
> Location:   AWS EC2 instance
> OS:  FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p7 GENERIC  amd64
> PG Location:  /usr/local/lib/postgresql/
> PG Version:  PostgreSQL 11.7 on amd64-portbld-freebsd12.1, compiled by 
> FreeBSD clang version 8.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_801/final 366581) (based on 
> LLVM 8.0.1), 64-bit
> 
> locate shp2pgsql   returns nothing
> 
> I understood that I should find shp2pgsql in /usr/local/lib/postgresql/, 
> but its not there.  BTW, it's not in /usr/lib/ either, which is where 
> most of the online sources say it should be.
> 
> I would welcome any insight into finding the missing shp2pgsql file.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 

How did you install PostGIS?

> Sue
> 


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