[postgis-users] Using/Compiling PostGIS on Windows XP/Cygwin for use with PostgreSQL

[Tyler Mitchell]

You might consider also trying the native windows build.  I haven't used 
it on XP but have had great success on 2000.
There are precompiled packages available through folks on this list.

Tyler


postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net wrote on 06/25/2004 03:56:28 
PM:

> Hello,
> 
> I have been using PostGIS 7.4.3.1,  running under Cygwin on Windows XP, 
and 
> that works fine.
> 
> Now I want to add  PostGIS, but during the installation I get 
compilation 
> errors, as outlined below.
> 
> Has anybody done this, I mean successfully installed and used PostGIS 
with 
> PostgreSQL on Windows XP?
> 
> Would you please give me some advice here?
> 
> Thanks for your help and support.
> 
> Rudolf
> 
> DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURE THAT RESULTS IN ERROR "projects.h: No such 
> file or directory":
> 
============================================================================
> So to install PostGIS with PostgreSQL on Windows XP/Cygwin I followed 
the 
> instructions at
> http://www.gasai.com/gisapps/WindowsHowTo.html#Set%20up%20PostGIS
> section "Set up PostGIS",  which includes
> 
> - getting postgis-0.8.1.tar.gz
> 
> - putting it into the PostgreSQL contrib directory
>      usr/src/postgresql-7.4.3-1/contrib
> 
> - untaring/unzipping it there, which results in a directory
>      usr/src/postgresql-7.4.3-1/contrib/postgis-0.8.1    and
> 
> - running
>      'make' in
>       usr/src/postgresql-7.4.3-1/contrib/postgis-0.8.1
> 
> - When I run that last 'make', I get an error about missing
>    projects.h, as follows
> 
> $ make
> gcc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes 
> -Wmissing-declarations -g -fexceptions   -I. -DFRONTEND 
> -DSYSCONFDIR='"/etc/postgresql"'  -DUSE_VERSION=74 
> -I/usr/local/include/geos -DUSE_GEOS -I/usr/local/include 
> -DUSE_PROJ  -DUSE_STATS  -I../../src/include   -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'
> etc., etc.
> 
> 
> 
> In an attempt to install PostGIS into my existing PostGIS 7.4.3.1, I 
> followed the instructions at
> http://www.gasai.com/gisapps/WindowsHowTo.html#Set%20up%20PostGIS
> which include
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rudolf
> Santa Barbara
> 
> 
> 
> Rudolf Nottrott
> University of California Santa Barbara     Phone: (805) 893-6146
> Department of Computer Science           E-mail: 
RNott at Alexandria.UCSB.edu
> Alexandria Digital 
> Library                       Web:    www.alexandria.ucsb.edu
> Santa Barbara, California  93106
> 
> _______________________________________________
> postgis-users mailing list
> postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users