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[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

I've had significant problems using the RH RPMs to install PostGres.  I 
now use the following command (rpm -e postgres) to start the fix process.

I'm not completely sure what RedHat does to PostGres, but it's caused me 
headaches in the past...

jpalmer at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> Yes I installed postgres from the RPM's. But it still might be useful to
> know how to do it both ways, with the source (with redhat's directory
> structure) and the rpms.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Houston [mailto:dhouston at beyondcompliance.ca] 
> Sent: Sunday, 22 February 2004 11:26 p.m.
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Cc: jpalmer at paradise.net.nz
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Help on Postgresql 7.4.1 install with postgis
> 0.81
> 
> 
> Hello Jeremy,
> 
> Am I correct in assuming you installed PostgreSQL 7.4.1 from RPMs?
> 
> You can install PostGIS with an RPM installed PostgreSQL, but it takes a
> little
> ingenuity. If you installed PostgreSQL from source, then PostGIS is a snap.
> 
> E-mail back telling how PostgreSQL was installed and I'll help you out.
> 
> Jeremy Palmer <jpalmer at paradise.net.nz> said:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm new to the world of postgis and postgreSQL. Up until now I have used
> 
> the
> 
>>redhat 9.0 rpms for the install of postgis, geos and proj. However the
> 
> rpms
> 
>>have only been compiled for postgres 7.3.1 and I wanted to use the latest
>>version of 7.4.1. I have downloaded and installed all of the sources. My
>>question is that with postgresql, postgis, proj and geos it seems the
>>configure scripts by default install the files to /usr/local/lib and
>>/usr/local/pgsql, and as far as I can tell I think under the redhat the
>>files should be going to /usr/bin and /usr/bin and postgresql data
> 
> directory
> 
>>should be in the /var/lib/pgsql/? Could someone please show me how to
>>configure postgresql, postgis, geos and proj scripts so that the "make
>>install" of the sources will install into the correct directories. The
>>configure options are a little confusing to me!
>>
>>Thank you very much for your time.
>>
>>Jeremy
>>
>>
>>
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