Missing libraries when upgrading to PostGIS 2.1 and PostgreSQL 9.3.1 using homebrew

Question

In the process of upgrading my PostgreSQL from version 9.2.4 to 9.3.1 (via homebrew on OS X) I came across an odd problem. These are the steps I took so far

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Answer 1

I recently ran into this problem and re-installing postgis worked for me. That is, go to the folder in which you tar'ed the source file (if you installed postgis from source) and re-run:

./configure
make
sudo make install

If you've installed the latest version of postgresql, postgis should install into the new postgresql's extension folder:

/usr/share/postgresql/x.x/extension/

To check, run:

sudo su -l postgres

psql template1 -p 5433

SELECT name, default_version,installed_version 
FROM pg_available_extensions WHERE name LIKE 'postgis%' ;

If postgis has successfully installed, you should see the version number indicated in the "installed" column. Now when you try running the pg_upgrade command, everything should work fine.

Hope this helps.