shp2pgsql is missing

From: Susan Hurst <susan(dot)hurst(at)brookhurstdata(dot)com>
To: Discuss List Postgres <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: shp2pgsql is missing
Date: 2020-07-26 18:25:34
Message-ID: 75095daf0470958971bf8429d8e03ab5@mail.brookhurstdata.net
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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!

Sue

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