[postgis-users] installing postgis in Ubuntu 5.10(Breezy)

alex bodnaru alexbodn at 012.net.il
Tue Nov 15 08:55:16 PST 2005


hi abe, it's in debian/unstable.

alex

Abe Gillespie wrote:
> Hey guys, thanks for all this.
> 
> What do I need to add to sources.list to see Postgres 8.1 ... I'm only
> seeing 8.0.3.
> 
> Thanks.
> -Abe
> 
> On 11/15/05, John Taber <jtaber at johntaber.net> wrote:
> 
>>Doug,
>>thks for the info - I will also be seeing Jeff Waugh  - I had planned to
>>mention it to him - now will make it a point to talk to him.  (btw Jeff
>>is busy on his Ubuntu tour - probably why not responding to you). I had
>>also planned to email Mark on the GIS potential.
>>
>>RH interest is also good - the more the merrier, strengthens the linux
>>gis community.
>>
>>
>>
>>Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:
>>
>>>John,
>>>
>>>      Jeff  Waugh from Ubuntu was speaking here in Raleigh, NC last
>>>Thursday night at the trilug meeting ( http://www.trilug.org) .  I
>>>mentioned  Postgis and other open source GIS projects to him after his talk
>>>and he seemed to be aware of them.   He seemed interested in discussing it
>>>further, but I was so tired I was blithering.  I emailed him to follow up
>>>this week, but have not heard back.  Let me know who you are emailing at
>>>Ubuntu and I'll add my voice.
>>>
>>>      From what I hear, Michael Tiemann is very interested in GRASS 6 and
>>>is pushing to include it in the Fedora Core 5 extras.  I'll see if I can
>>>find out if this interest extends to postgis,proj, gdal,etc.  Hopefully,
>>>they will start treating postgis  like another standard module that's an
>>>option for installation.
>>>
>>>
>>>Doug Newcomb
>>>USFWS
>>>Raleigh, NC
>>>919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb at fws.gov
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>>>
>>>
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>>>             11/14/2005 06:23          Re: [postgis-users] installing
>>>             PM                        postgis in Ubuntu 5.10(Breezy)
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>>>
>>>If you have some workable packages, that would be great - I cannot get
>>>postgis compiled on my Ubuntu system. Meanwhile I'll touch base with the
>>>Ubuntu folks to press the case for GIS.
>>>John
>>>
>>>Paul Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>abe.gillespie at gmail.com 11/14/05 9:04 PM >>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes, please!  I just had to install PostgreSQL from source (Sat. night
>>>>in fact) because PostGIS needs the source tree.  This is annoying
>>>>because now I'm missing all the Ubuntu-specific PostgreSQL scripts.
>>>>
>>>>I could quite easily build an Ubuntu specific deb for postgis. I just
>>>>don't have the time to maintain it, so if there are any takers there, I
>>>>could start the ball rolling...
>>>>
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