[postgis-users] My experience in installing RC2

[strk at refractions.net]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 03:50:49PM +0100, Gino Lucrezi wrote:
> Here are my experiences in installing PostGIS 1.0 RC2
> 
> I am using PostgreSQL 8.0 (final version) on a Fedora core 3 system.
> 
> I downloaded postgis-1.0.0-rc2.tar.gz
> 
> I decided to try the Autoconf.
> 
> So I tried the standard command:
> 
> /configure
> 
> No configure script. I had to run autoconf myself. I suppose it should have been done before creating the tar file, isn't it?

It should, but was probably intentionally removed to avoid
user confusion (won't be in 1.0.0).

> 
> Anyway, I launch it, and then I do ./configure --help to see the options (there is no mention of them in the readme file which is  the same as RC1 or in the included docs)
> 
> I decide to try this command line:
> /configure --with-geos=/usr/local/ --with-proj=/usr/local/ 
> 
> It says I have to add --enable-autoconf
> 
> Ok, I do it:
> 
> /configure --with-geos=/usr/local/ --with-proj=/usr/local/ --enable-autoconf
> 
> Here is the output.
> 
> Using autoconf
> /configure: line 1267: /usr/local/: is a directory
> checking for flex... /usr/bin/flex
> checking for yacc... /usr/bin/yacc
> configure: error: Can't find $GEOS_DIR/bin/geos-config
> 
> Fidgeting with the file it appears that it doesn't set $GEOS_DIR, even though I set it in the command line.

The --help should have reported that --with-geos arg is full
path to geos-config. Probably your approach was more intuitive though..

> 
> So I try 
> /configure --with-geos --with-proj --enable-autoconf
> 
> and now it works.
> 
> >From now on, installation was a charm.
> 
> I reimported my databases easily.
> BTW, I have discovered my previous problem.
> It appears initdb will now create a db cluster with a default encoding of UNICODE!!! I re-issued the initdb with -E SQL_ASCII and everything was OK
> 
> My databases are OK (the ones I migrated), Monday I'll test if mapserver still works.
> 
> I also ran the regression tests, and everything was OK
> 
> 
> BTW, other minor issues:
> 
> the docs should mention what version they are for in the first page; the RC2 docs still mention RC1!
> 
> postgis_restore.pl is still not marked as executable
> 
> 
> Anyway, thank you for a great job. I can't wait to see the final  release...

Thanks for your report.
--strk;

> 
> 
> Gino Lucrezi
> Penta Consulting Services Srl
> L'Aquila, Italy
> 
> 
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