[postgis-users] PostGIS installation problem: contrib folder

[Justin]

Hi readers.

I'm trying to install PostGIS on a new Linux machine
and I'm running into some difficulty.  I'm totally new
to PostGIS and fairly new to Linux, so this may be a
simple problem.

I installed PostgreSQL (version 8.0.3) from source
code using default settings.  It appears to be working
correctly.  The installation steps for PostGIS say
that I need to uncompress and untar the archive in the
"contrib" directory of the PostgreSQL source tree, but
there doesn't appear to be a "contrib" folder anywhere
in my PostgreSQL file structure.

Did I miss a step?  Is it possible to just create a
new "contrib" folder and untar the PostGIS archive
there?  If so, what is the default location of the
"contrib" folder?

Thanks.

Justin




		
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