[postgis-users] Installation Trouble.

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

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> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net 
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On 
> Behalf Of dave at davemitch.com
> Sent: 14 April 2004 14:55
> To: postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> Subject: [postgis-users] Installation Trouble.
> 
> 
> Hi I'm trying to get the POSTGIS installed on my machine.
> 
> I have just run through the guide. 
> http://postgis.refractions.net/windows/Windows> HowTo.html
> 
> I 
> installed Cygwin and set up Postgresql as a 
> service. (Postgres was included 
> in the Cygwyn installation, so I didn't need to download it 
> from postgres 
> website)
> 
> I have create the postmaster account as per the instructions 
> and everything 
> seems to be in order.
> 
> However my problem has arrived when starting to install 
> POSTGIS as the 
> instructions say:-
> 
> "Move the tar file to the 'contrib' directory of you 
> PostgreSQL source tree 
> (e.g. "C:\cygwin\src\postgresql-7.4-1\contrib"), and de-compress it."
> 
> I have a C:\cygwin\src\ directory but it is empty. What do I 
> need to do to 
> build this tree.
> 
> Does it matter if the tree isn't there as my POSTGRES 
> database seems to work ok.
> 
> Dave


Hi Dave,

You need to compile PostGIS as part of the PostgreSQL source tree, i.e.
you do need to download the PostgreSQL source from the website, as the
contrib directory is only available as part of the source code and not
the binary package. The last time I compiled PostGIS under cygwin, I
didn't install the cygwin package but manually followed the instructions
supplied with both packages and managed to end up with a working
installation without too much difficulty.


Hope this helps,

Mark.

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