On 2008.03.01, at 21:19, Paul Ramsey wrote:
Paul,
No binaries available -- supporting every Linux distribution would
quickly become onerous. Fortunately, it is easy to build! Easy!
They are! in http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/ repository.
On Feb 20, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Paul McCullough wrote:
All,
I want to run PostgresQL/PostGIS on Fedora 8.3 (or 8.x).
I see the PostgresQL binaries here
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.0/linux/rpms/fedora/
Do those binaries contain PostGIS? (unable to inspect right now)
1. No, they don't. However, install them, and the -devel variants
and you can move on the step 2.
I am concerned about having to do a build.
Should I be?
2. No! Some of the coolest people in the world build their own
software from source. Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, that guy from
Survivor! OK, some people in the world build their own software from
source. I hear George Clooney is thinking about it.
Factors in this decision:
- I am not under hard deadline.
Great!
- I have zero linux experience
Time to get some!
- I am enthused about linux
Even better!
- I will be the linux admin! (I have no expert in house)
See above!
- I have a solid unix user background (non-admin)
Could you be any better looking? Are you seeing someone? Call me.
- I am a competant java developer
OK, well, five out of six ain't bad.
3. You need to get the libraries PostGIS depends on first. Your
first compilation will be a baptism of FIRE! Download GOES from http://geos.refractions.net
. Download Proj4 from http://proj.maptools.org.
4. Let's go Proj4 first.
- tar xvfz proj-4.6.0.tar.gz
- cd proj-4.6.0
- ./configure
- make
- su
- make install
- exit
5. Take a shot!
6. Let's go some GEOS!
- bunzip2 geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2
- tar xvf geos-3.0.0.tar
- cd geos-3.0.0
- ./configure
- make
- su
- make install
- exit
7. Take a shot!
8. You see how this is going now...
9. PostGIS time!
- tar xvfz postgis-1.3.1.tar.gz
- cd postgis-1.3.1
- ./configure --with-pgsql=pg_config --with-geos=/usr/local/bin/geos-
config --with-proj=/usr/local
- make
- su
- make install
- exit
10. Take a shot!
11. Make a database!
- createdb mydatabase
- createlang plpgsql mydatabase
- psql -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/lwpostgis.sql -d mydatabase
- psql -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/spatial_ref_sys.sql -d
mydatabase
- psql mydatabase
12. Finish the bottle!
13. Sleep it off. Take an aspirin in the morning and have a glass of
orange juice.
Yours,
Paul
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