[postgis-users] Installing PostGIS

[Gerry Creager n5jxs]

IF you install the source RPM, and the postgres devel package, you may 
have a shot at adding the patch.  Otherwise, the later comments about 
removing the existing RPM and reinstalling from tarball are sound.  I've 
done it that way and it works.

gerry

Eric Fegraus wrote:
> Hello,
> Rookie question.  I'm installing PostGIS (postgis-0.8.2.tar.gz)  with 
> the PostgreSQL 7.4.2  on Fedora 2.  I'm getting a "make" error when 
> running /usr/share/pgsql/contib. 
> 
> I've looked at the RPMs but there doesn't seem to be one for PostgreSQL 
> 7.4.2.
> 
> Makefile:38: ../../src/Makefile.global: No such file or directory
> Makefile:160: /src/Makefile.shlib: No such file or directory
> make: *** No rule to make target `/src/Makefile.shlib'.  Stop.
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric
>  
> 
> 
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