[postgis-users] installing postgis on Mandrake 10

[Darren Houston]

Hello Gustavo,

I run PostGIS, QGIS, Grass, OpenEV, GeoServer... and all the rest on Mandrake 
10.0. I haven't installed MapServer on Mandrake 10.0, but I did install it 
from source a long time ago when RedHat 8 was new, so things may come back to 
me. I have some RPM's and documentation that should help you out. Write back 
with a list of what you want to run and I'll see what I can do to help you. 
Compiling all the GIS stuff from source and getting it to work together 
nicely is a real pain (especially devel stuff with their dependency 
differences). I've done it a couple of times, so it is becoming easier for 
me. Mandrake 10.0 is not a popular distro for GIS RPMs.

Darren H.

On October 12, 2004 05:42 pm, Brent Wood wrote:
> --- Gustavo Alcides Concheiro Pérez <gacp at d-konstruktors.org> wrote:
> > Hi all!  First post to the list! :)
>
> Welcome :-)
>
> > I've been using PostGIS and MapServer successfully in the past, having
> > installed the whole thing from the RPMs.  But I have a new server, and I
> > installed Mandrake 10.  The RMPs no longer work, as the PostGIS one
> > conflict with the PostgreSQL RPMs for Mandrake and using the whole set of
> > RPMs conflicts with several Mandrake packages, including phpPgAdmin, and
> > it seems that the data format has changed for PostgreSQL as well!  I
> > guess I'm spoiled, having tools like Knoppix, Apache, TikiWiki, &c., but
> > I can't believe just how difficult this one case is.  After days of
> > chasing libs and installing, uninstalling, and reinstalling things, I
> > just give up, and cry for help.
>
> I have used Mandrake for some years now as the OS on a GIS & general
> purpose workstation. I know EXACTLY what you mean!!!!
>
> I have yet to get RPM's installed and cooperating properly, for all the
> interacting components of a GIS suite. I have found compiling everything
> from source works out simpler overall. The instructions for installing QGIS
> include a handy guideline describing how to install the precursors, incl
> PostGIS, from source. See http://qgis.org/docs/install_guide/index.html
>
>
> The dependency issues for al the interacting GIS applications & libraries
> is a real pain IMHO. The FGS project at
> http://harmeny.com/twiki/bin/view/Fgs/WebHome
> is hopefully a generic solution, but not there yet.
>
> In the meantime I have installed SuSE instead of Mandrake, to make use of
> this already available solution:
> http://localis.org/tiki-index.php?page=+LinGis
>
> I have found that a basic install of the single CD SUSE personal 9.1, then
> add an online SuSE repsitory & the LinGis CD to the YAST software sources,
> then install LinGis. All dependenceis (like Postgres) are automagically
> downloaded & installed, & it just works....
>
> It was worth the shift to SuSE to me for this, even though I still have a
> preference for Mandrake.
>
>
> Good luck,
>
>   Brent Wood
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