On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > José Pedro Santos wrote: > >> When I try to use the command line tool shp2pgsql in the shell I >> have this error: >> >> Error: pg_wrapper: invalid command name >> >> I already read some information in the Debian lists but I don't >> understand the problem/relation with PostgreSQL. > > shp2pgsql converts ESRI Shape files into SQL suitable for insertion > into a PostGIS/PostgreSQL database. You are not using PostgreSQL > until you take the resulting file and run it against the database > using some client application, like psql. pg_wrapper is an Ubuntu > "helper" program that runs a PostgreSQL client program like psql > after looking up which version to use for the requested database > cluster. > > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man1/shp2pgsql.1.html > > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man1/pg_wrapper.1.html > > It appears that you don't have pg_wrapper installed, but are trying > to use it (either directly or by running something which tries to use > it). > > -Kevin No, pg_wrapper is installed. If it weren't, you would get pg_wrapper: command not found The issue is that it seems raster2pgsql and shp2pgsql are not installed. You cannnot "enable" them by making them each a link to pg_wrapper. You might want to bring this back to the PostGIS list, because I think this is a problem of an incorrect PostGIS installation. --Lee -- Lee Hachadoorian Asst Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College http://freecity.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
