[postgis-users] postgis install error [compile-time]

[kenman]

here is my setup 
mandrake 9.2 
postgresql 7.4.1 [already installed] 
postgis 8.1
 
i originally did this with a redhat install but had the same error.  i really 
thought something was wrong with the latest redhat 9 so i redid the system to 
install mandrake 9.2 but i still get these errors.  everything was compiled 
from source i never use rpms.  perhaps these versions are just too new and not 
compatible yet?  can anybody reccommend a working set of versions to install?  
anybody could reccomend their preference of linux? or is mandrake favorable to 
many?
 
did exactly as told, 
install postgresql 
unpack postgis in the contrib folder of postgres source 
make 
then this compile time error occurs
 
gcc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations 
-g -fexceptions   -I. -DFRONTEND -DSYSCONFDIR='"/usr/local/pgsql/etc"'  
-DUSE_VERSION=74 -I/usr/local/include/geos -DUSE_GEOS -I/usr/local/include 
-DUSE_PROJ  -DUSE_STATS -fpic -I../../src/include -D_GNU_SOURCE   -c -o 
postgis_transform.o postgis_transform.c 
postgis_transform.c:52:22: projects.h: No such file or directory 
postgis_transform.c:55: error: syntax error before '*' token 
postgis_transform.c:55: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of 
`make_project' 
postgis_transform.c:55: warning: data definition has no type or storage class 
postgis_transform.c:59: error: syntax error before '*' token 
postgis_transform.c:64: error: syntax error before '*' token 
postgis_transform.c:67: warning: no previous prototype for 
`pj_transform_nodatum' 
postgis_transform.c: In function `pj_transform_nodatum': 
postgis_transform.c:71: error: `pj_errno' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:71: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only 
once 
postgis_transform.c:71: error: for each function it appears in.) 
postgis_transform.c:73: error: `point_offset' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:76: error: `srcdefn' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:78: error: `point_count' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:80: error: `XY' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c:80: error: syntax error before "projected_loc" 
postgis_transform.c:81: error: `LP' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c:83: error: `projected_loc' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:83: error: `x' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c:84: error: `y' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c:86: error: `geodetic_loc' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:86: warning: implicit declaration of function `pj_inv' 
postgis_transform.c:95: error: `dstdefn' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:99: error: syntax error before "projected_loc" 
postgis_transform.c:105: warning: implicit declaration of function `pj_fwd' 
postgis_transform.c: In function `to_rad': 
postgis_transform.c:125: error: `PI' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c: In function `to_dec': 
postgis_transform.c:136: error: `PI' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c: At top level: 
postgis_transform.c:143: error: syntax error before '*' token 
postgis_transform.c:144: warning: return type defaults to `int' 
postgis_transform.c: In function `make_project': 
postgis_transform.c:149: error: `PJ' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c:149: error: `result' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:179: warning: implicit declaration of function `pj_init' 
postgis_transform.c: In function `transform_geom': 
postgis_transform.c:197: error: `PJ' undeclared (first use in this function) 
postgis_transform.c:197: error: `input_pj' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:197: error: `output_pj' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:197: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no 
effect 
postgis_transform.c:250: error: `pj_errno' undeclared (first use in this 
function) 
postgis_transform.c:261: warning: implicit declaration of function `pj_free' 
postgis_transform.c:287: warning: implicit declaration of function 
`pj_transform' 
postgis_transform.c:302: warning: implicit declaration of function 
`pj_strerrno' 
postgis_transform.c:302: warning: format argument is not a pointer (arg 4) 
postgis_transform.c:343: warning: format argument is not a pointer (arg 4) 
make: *** [postgis_transform.o] Error 1
 
hope this was informative enough