How can I update ogr2ogr to include the PostgreSQL driver?

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I'm trying to use ogr2ogr to upload a shapefile to a remote PostGres installation. When I ran this command:

celenius:~ celenius$ ogr2ogr -f PostgreSQL PG:"host=255.34.00.00 user=postgres dbname=mydb password=***" Dropbox/data/roads.shp;

I got the following error message:

Unable to find driver `PostgreSQL'.
The following drivers are available:
  -> `ESRI Shapefile'
  -> `MapInfo File'
  -> `UK .NTF'
 ...
  -> `SVG'
  -> `CouchDB'
  -> `Idrisi'
  -> `ARCGEN'
  -> `SEGUKOOA'
  -> `SEGY'

(I omitted some of the drivers as they are not relevant). Is there a way that I can update ogr2ogr to include PostgreSQL? I'm using a Mac with OS 10.7.4

score 24 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 25 '14 at 15:43

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Using Homebrew you should:

brew install gdal --with-postgresql

or with older versions of gdal:

brew install gdal --with-postgres

if you have already installed gdal with brew before but without postgresql support, just

brew uninstall gdal

edited Feb 25 '14 at 15:43

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answered Jun 21 '13 at 10:44

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a small correction: brew install gdal --with-postgresql – BenjaminGolder Jan 16 '14 at 22:02
Will QGIS still work with the homebrew GDAL? – Simbamangu Apr 16 '14 at 08:20
@Simbamangu Sure: homebrew is just a package manager, so the GDAL versions it distributes are the same you can build yourself from source – Andrea Cremaschi Apr 16 '14 at 08:31
Have you actuall tested Kyngchaos's QGIS install with homebrew GDAL? His version may not link with homebuilt versions of other libraries! – Simbamangu Apr 16 '14 at 09:44
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Well it used to work but something seems to be changed with dependencies.. see this Q&A: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/79251/osx-10-9-qgis-2-0-1-missing-osgeo-module – Andrea Cremaschi Apr 16 '14 at 12:14
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How would you proceed on a windows machine? Ideally using a virtualenv – RutgerH Dec 07 '16 at 21:41
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what is solution for windows please? – Denis Stephanov Feb 21 '17 at 16:03
This now seems to return gdal: this formula has no --with-postgres option so it will be ignored! and/or gdal: this formula has no --with-postgresql option so – Matt Hampel May 25 '18 at 17:24

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 03 '22 at 09:28

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Save yourself some pain and use the Kyngchaos packaged binaries/frameworks for OSX.GDAL-Complete is the one you are looking for.

Another option is to use HomeBrew.

edited Jun 03 '22 at 09:28

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answered Sep 12 '12 at 18:39

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AFAIK this is what I used. I didn't install it any other way. – djq Sep 12 '12 at 21:48
Does this file exist: /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/Current/Libraries/libpq.dylib and what does the 'which ogrinfo' command return from the terminal? – Ragi Yaser Burhum Sep 12 '12 at 23:05
which ogrinfo returns /usr/local/bin/ogrinfo. I installed GDAL and others from KyngChaos before installing QGis. – djq Sep 12 '12 at 23:24
Does the libpq file I mentioned exist in that location? – Ragi Yaser Burhum Sep 12 '12 at 23:37
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If libpq.dylib is not there (the PostgreSQL client library), the OGR library will not load. – Ragi Yaser Burhum Sep 14 '12 at 22:14

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 27 '19 at 04:50

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assuming you've compiled gdal from source, just include --with-pg=/path/to/pg_config when you're configuring gdal.

./configure -with-pg=/path/to/pg_config ...

./make clean

./make

./make install

EDIT: Note that pg_config should be in the same directory with your other PostgreSQL binaries, like psql, etc.. Also note, this detail from user259060's answer below: you should verify that an appropriate postgresql-server-dev version is installed (e.g. on Ubuntu use apt list --installed | grep postgresql-server-dev if not found use apt-cache search postgresql-server-dev and install the corresponding package with sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev).

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Seems I get "PostgreSQL support: yes" in ./configure output, but trying to ogr2ogr -f PostgreSQL gives ERROR 1: Unable to find driver 'PostgreSQL'. Also, no PostgreSQL in ogrinfo --formats – adamczi Nov 14 '18 at 00:53
have you run ldconfig after the installation? – dmci Nov 14 '18 at 08:44
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See the edit to the answer about installing postgresql-server-dev,, that should handle the error. – thayer Nov 27 '19 at 15:44
I think two hyphens in front of with-pg? As in, ./configure --with-pg=/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin/pg_config – Mark Egge Jan 23 '20 at 03:27

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 24 '13 at 17:10

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I got this same message while on Windows.

It was complaining about the type of quotes (single vs. double) I was using around the connection string. Switching the quotes fixed the issue.

answered Sep 24 '13 at 17:10

Michael

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 27 '15 at 09:04

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There is a possibility that you might see something like "PostgreSQL support: no", even though you have configured the source using "--with-pg=/path/to/pg_config"...in that case, run sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-all and then retry.

answered Oct 27 '15 at 09:04

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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From reading the ogr2ogr Vector formats doc, it looks like you need to install the PostgreSQL client library (libpq).

This similar question seems to give some insight into resolving a similar issue, just with Python bindings.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 05 '20 at 13:53

On Ubuntu 18.04 (and possibly other versions), a Postgres wrapper for OGR is available from the package postgresql-11-ogr-fdw. This is for version 11 of Postgres, as it needs to match the version of the client.

For the list the different versions of this package, for the different versions of Postgres use the following:

aptitude search postgres | grep ogr-fdw

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