[postgis-users] More on: Cannot compile postgis on Fedora Core 4

[Gerry Creager]

"yum remove 'postgres*'"

Now that is dealt with, go to http://www.postgresql.org/download/ and 
download the source package for PostgreSQL.

Unpack same.  Install the PostGIF patch, from Refractions.

Following the instructions, compile and install.  I recommend using sudo 
over 'su -' as you don't compromise, as much, the root password.

The RPMs have been a problem for me in Redhat, Fedora and Centos.  The 
source code has been clean in same.

gerry

M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 13:33:11 PM -0600, Ethan Alpert
> (ealpert at digitalglobe.com) wrote:
> 
> 
>>You need to compile postgresql from source to build the postgis
>>extensions because postgis uses files in the source tree.
>>
>>Look for a postgresql-dev perhaps if it exists you may be able to use
>>it. YMMV
>>
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> after reading again Ethan's suggestion, I understood (I hope) what he
> meant. So I:
> 
> * found and installed the postgresql-devel RPM for Fedora Core 4
> 
> * went to the only src direectory it creates, /usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src
> 
> * once there, I created the contrib directory
> 
> * I unpacked postgis tarball in /usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/contrib
> 
> * I went in /usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/contrib/postgis-1.0.3 and typed
>   "make"
> 
> * still no success, this is what I get:
> 
> make -C lwgeom
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/contrib/postgis-1.0.3/lwgeom'
> ../Makefile.config:98:
> /usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/contrib/postgis-1.0.3/../../src/Makefile.
> global: No such file or directory
> Makefile:113: /src/Makefile.shlib: No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/src/Makefile.shlib'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/contrib/postgis-1.0.3/lwgeom'
> make: *** [liblwgeom] Error 2
> 
> 
> After fixing the top directory to PGSQL_SRC ?= /usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs, I
> am stuck to this: 
> 
> [root at polaris postgis-1.0.3]# make
> make -C lwgeom
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/contrib/postgis-1.0.3/lwgeom'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target
> `/usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/Makefile.global.in', needed by
> `/usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/Makefile.global'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/lib/pgsql/pgxs/src/contrib/postgis-1.0.3/lwgeom'
> make: *** [liblwgeom] Error 2
> 
> What now?
> 
> Thanks again for your support,
> 
>        Marco
> 

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