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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>Dany,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>May we ask, why are you trying to install such an ancient
version of PostgreSQL and also which version of PostGIS are you trying to
compile?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>PostgreSQL 8.0.0 is no longer supported on windows. The lowest
version supported we believe is 8.2.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>Only very ancient versions of PostGIS even run on
8.0.0.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>As far as Msys/MingW goes, the below link has the latest compile
instructions. We try to keep these instructions up to date with each
release of PostGIS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial><A
href="http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiWinCompile">http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiWinCompile</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>Hope that helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>Regina and Leo</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=989232804-18082010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial><A
href="http://www.postgis.us">http://www.postgis.us</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>dany
Mc Gill<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:59 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [postgis-users] error
in the installation of PostgreSQL/PostGIS<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR>Im tryin to install PostgreSQL/PostGIS using MinGW/Msys and i
followed all the instructions mentionned in the file attached below. so i
succeeded in installing PostGreSQL, Proj and Geos but when i reached the
installation of PostGIS , i couldn't move on. Watch the error message shown on
my window:<BR><BR>Administrateur@SWEET-1962F8956
~/sources/PostGIS/postgis-1.0.0-rc6<BR>$ configure --enable-autoconf
--with-geos=/c/PostgreSQL/8.0.0 --with-proj=/c/Po<BR>stgreSQL/8.0.0
\--with-pgsql-src=/home/Administrateur/sources/PostgreSQL/postgr<BR>esql-8.0.0
--prefix=/c/PostgreSQL/8.0.0<BR>Using autoconf<BR>checking for flex...
no<BR>checking for yacc... no<BR>configure: error: Can't find
'flex'<BR><BR><BR>i uninstalled flex and bison and re-installed them once and
twice but it's always the same problem.<BR>plz can anyone help me!!! i really
need ur help! it's urgent!<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR></BODY></HTML>