[postgis-users] Installing a fully functional PostGIS 2.0 on Ubuntu Linux GEOS/GDAL issues

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I am new to linux, postgresql and postgis. I have been working on getting
postgis 2.0 up and running on an ubuntu-maverick-amd64 linux server for
about a week now. I am going for raster and topology support.

I used the following to configure:

sudo ./configure --with-raster --with-topology
--with-jsondir=/home/zonabili/json-c-0.9

The configuration file below describes my specs.

PostGIS is now configured for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

-------------- Compiler Info -------------
 C compiler:           gcc -g -O2
 C++ compiler:         g++ -g -O2

-------------- Dependencies --------------
 GEOS config:          /usr/local/bin/geos-config
 GEOS version:         3.3.1
 GDAL config:          /usr/bin/gdal-config
 GDAL version:         1.8.0
 PostgreSQL config:    /usr/bin/pg_config
 PostgreSQL version:   PostgreSQL 9.1.2
 PROJ4 version:        47
 Libxml2 config:       /usr/bin/xml2-config
 Libxml2 version:      2.7.7
 JSON-C support:       Yes
 PostGIS debug level:  0
-------------- Extensions --------------
 PostGIS Raster:       0.1.6d
 PostGIS Topology

-------- Documentation Generation --------
 xsltproc:             /usr/bin/xsltproc
 xsl style sheets:
 dblatex:              /usr/bin/dblatex
 convert:              /usr/bin/convert
I managed to run make and sudo make install with older (and useless for new
functions) versions of gdal and geos. Thus, my guess is that the problems
lies with my install of GEOS or GDAL. There is no 3.3.1 downloadable package
for my linux version so I had to build from source and I probably messed
this up as I am not used to doing it, although I followed the directions
provided on the website and downloaded the tarfile. I did not deviate from
the instructions other than cd-ing to the directory to configure make and
install. I did everything that it explicitly stated that I should do. I
didn't get a message that it built correctly when I built it, so I think
something went wrong as I got the following errors near the end of my failed
postgis build:

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/raster/rt_pg'
make -C loader
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/raster/loader'
/bin/bash ../..//libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2  -fPIC -DPIC  -Wall
-Wmissing-pr
ototypes -I../rt_core -I/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom 
-I/usr/includ
e/gdal -I/usr/local/include raster2pgsql.o ../rt_core/librtcore.a
../rt_core/lib
rtcore.a /home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom/.libs/liblwgeom.a
-L/usr/lib
-lgdal1.8.0 -L/usr/local/lib -lgeos_c -lm -o raster2pgsql
gcc -g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -I../rt_core
-I/home/zonabili/
postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom -I/usr/include/gdal -I/usr/local/include
raster2pgsql
.o -o raster2pgsql  ../rt_core/librtcore.a
/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblw
geom/.libs/liblwgeom.a -L/usr/lib -lgdal1.8.0 -L/usr/local/lib -lgeos_c -lm
/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom/.libs/liblwgeom.a(lwgeom_geos.o):
In f
unction `LWGEOM2GEOS':
/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom/lwgeom_geos.c:319: undefined
reference
 to `GEOSGeom_createEmptyPolygon'
/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom/.libs/liblwgeom.a(lwgeom_geos.o):
In f
unction `lwgeom_sharedpaths':
/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom/lwgeom_geos.c:1024: undefined
referenc
e to `GEOSSharedPaths'
/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom/.libs/liblwgeom.a(lwgeom_geos.o):
In f
unction `lwgeom_snap':
/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/liblwgeom/lwgeom_geos.c:961: undefined
reference
to `GEOSSnap'
v collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [raster2pgsql] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/raster/loader'
make[1]: *** [rtloader] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zonabili/postgis-2.0.0SVN/raster'
make: *** [all] Error 1
The JSON-C module was also a problem, as all they say to do with it is untar
it and /.configure make it. but I feel like there is probably more that I
need to do.

I am really getting frustrated with this as I feel that I am so close, but
keep hitting insurmountable obstacles where I have no clue what to do.

I would greatly appreciate anyone who could help fix these flagrant errors
and help me navigate this truly hellish installation process! I would be
willing to uninstall everything and start from the beginning, although I
don't actually know how to uninstall the geos because I had to build them
from source and not apt-get!

I am also new to linux (I finally just figured out how to get postgis 2.0
installed on my windows laptop!) so please be as descriptive as possible.

Thanks in advance, as this has been a huge headache for me!
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