<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi guys,<br><br>I have just had Postgis 1.5.2 installed, to work with Postgres v9.0 on Ubuntu server 10.04LTS.<br><pre class="code-java">apt-get install postgis<br>Reading <span class="code-keyword">package</span> lists... Done<br>Building dependency tree<br>Reading state information... Done<br>Suggested packages:<br> postgresql-8.4-postgis<br>The following NEW packages will be installed:<br> postgis<br>0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.<br>Need to get 617kB of archives.<br>After <span class="code-keyword">this</span> operation, 2,109kB of additional disk space will be used.<br>Get:1 http:<span class="code-comment">//ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu/ lucid/main postgis 1.5.2-2~lucid1 [617kB]<br></span>Fetched 617kB in 3s (166kB/s)<br>Selecting previously deselected <span class="code-keyword">package</span>
postgis.<br>(Reading database ... 89248 files and directories currently installed.)<br>Unpacking postgis (from .../postgis_1.5.2-2~lucid1_amd64.deb) ...<br>Processing triggers <span class="code-keyword">for</span> man-db ...<br>Setting up postgis (1.5.2-2~lucid1) ...</pre><br>I did NOT install postgresql-8.4-postgis, which is suggested but supposedly not a dependency. and I'm running Postgres v9.0 anyway?<br><br>The files list for this package suggests that some critical files, like all the core Postgis files, are not included, but only the loader utilities & documentation are,
ie:<br><br>/usr/bin/pgsql2shp<br>/usr/bin/shp2pgsql<br>/usr/bin/shp2pgsql-gui<br>/usr/share/doc/postgis/changelog.Debian.gz<br>/usr/share/doc/postgis/changelog.gz<br>/usr/share/doc/postgis/copyright<br>/usr/share/doc/postgis/postgis<br>/usr/share/doc/postgis/postgis/README.postgis.gz<br>/usr/share/doc/postgis/postgis/postgis.html<br>/usr/share/man/man1/pgsql2shp.1.gz<br>/usr/share/man/man1/shp2pgsql.1.gz<br><br><br>Is this an issue with the package, or something I have failed to understand about the install?<br><br>(I have another system with Postgres v9.0 from package & Postgis 1.5.2 compiled from source working fine, this is the first attempt to install Postgis 1.5.2 from the package)<br><br><br>Thanks,<br><br> Brent Wood<br><br></td></tr></table>