[postgis-users] error in installation

[Frank Koormann]

* orkun <temiz at deprem.gov.tr> [050817 12:56]:
> hello
> 
> When I tried to install postgis. I encountered this error:
> 
> # ./configure --enable-autoconf
> Using autoconf
> checking for proj... /usr/bin/proj
> configure: error:  Can't find (configured) PGSQL sources.
> 
> 
> I had installed postgresql as debian package.

You need the configured sources of postgresql:

$ apt-get source postgresql
$ apt-get build-dep postgresql

-> cd to the extracted sources

$ debian/rules config

-> extract the postgis sources into build-tree/postgresql-7.4.7/contrib

Proceed as described by the postgis installation guide.

HTH,

        Frank

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