gdal-bin error: Unable to load PROJ.4 library

[Eero Aaltonen]

Running ogr2ogr tool results in error
ERROR 6: Unable to load PROJ.4 library (libproj.so)

The bug has been discussed in
http://groups.google.com/group/geodjango/browse_thread/thread/8f2ba5a3240214d3/ab6dbe17b4bd1528?pli=1

and the
 sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libproj.so.0 /usr/lib/libproj.so

is a valid workaround

[Johan Van de Wauw (johanvdw)]

Can you provide more info on the version of gdal and ubuntu you are using?
Ubuntu version:
lsb_release -a
gdal installed version:
apt-cache show gdal-bin (just posting the version is enough)

This bug was fixed in debian before.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=579989

[Eero Aaltonen (ejn)]

Yes, of course.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

$ apt-cache show gdal-bin
Package: gdal-bin
...
Architecture: amd64
Source: gdal
Version: 1.6.3-3build2

Straight install using synaptic.

[Johan Van de Wauw (johanvdw)]

Given the fix in debian, this bug only affects lucid. It is solved in subsequent releases.

[Johan Van de Wauw (johanvdw)]

This bug no longer affects any supported ubuntu versions --> closing