<p>Hi there</p>
<p>By trying to import the whole planet (a .pbf file) into a pgsql dataabse on a RedHat Server, I am getting the following error:</p>
<p>`[root@asl-test]# osm2pgsql –s –U postgres –d gis /opt/transfer/planet-latest.osm.pbf<br>
osm2pgsql version 0.92.0 (64 bit id space)</p>
<p>Using built-in tag processing pipeline<br>
Using projection SRS 3857 (Spherical Mercator)<br>
Setting up table: planet_osm_point<br>
Setting up table: planet_osm_line<br>
Setting up table: planet_osm_polygon<br>
Setting up table: planet_osm_roads<br>
Allocating memory for dense node cache<br>
Allocating dense node cache in one big chunk<br>
Allocating memory for sparse node cache<br>
Sharing dense sparse<br>
Node-cache: cache=800MB, maxblocks=12800*65536, allocation method=3<br>
Mid: Ram, scale=100</p>
<p>Reading in file: –s<br>
node cache: stored: 0(-nan%), storage efficiency: -nan% (dense blocks: 0, sparse nodes: 0), hit rate: -nan%<br>
Osm2pgsql failed due to ERROR: Cannot detect file format. Try using -r.<br>
`</p>
<p>I installed all required packages:<br>
<code>sudo yum install cmake make gcc-c++ boost-devel expat-devel zlib-devel \ bzip2-devel postgresql-devel proj-devel proj-epsg lua-devel</code></p>
<p>Does this error sounds familiar to anyone?</p>

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