[postgis-users] newbie install problem with GEOS

[trobertson at gbif.org]

Thanks Nicolas - looks great!

And thanks to Mark for his help too - the reason I didn't specify the
error is because I was jumping between machines and didnt have it at the
time of writing - but wanted to post that I was now compiling and almost
running, so you didnt waste time on it.  Cheers


> Have a look at:
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/unixport
>
> All common GIS packages compiled for Mac, as dmg images.
> Very, very handy !
> With latest versions of PostGIS, GDAL/OGR, MapScript, etc.
>
> Nicolas
>
>
> On 4/3/07, trobertson at gbif.org <trobertson at gbif.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am newbie to POSTGIS and to my mac, and banging my head against the
>> desk
>> trying to get it to install.
>>
>> I have POSTGRES installed and working  I thought I had POSTGIS working
>> only to find that when I try and do a CONTAINS() I get the "you need to
>> build with GEOS" message...
>>
>> So, I try and follow the destructions, I downloaded PROJ4 and GEOS and
>> in
>> both do:
>>
>> su root
>> ./configure
>> make
>> make install
>>
>> then copy the POSTGIS to the POSTGRES/contrib directory.
>>
>> I change the Makefil.contrib to have
>>
>> USE_GEOS=1
>> GEOS_DIR=/usr/local
>>
>> USE_PROJ=1
>> PROJ_DIR=/usr/local
>>
>> and when I run the ./configure in the
>> /usr/local/src/postgres/postgresql-8.2.3/contrib/postgis-1.2.1 I get
>>
>> checking for geos-config... no
>> checking for proj... no
>>
>> and the Makefile.config gets overridden to have 0's again where I set it
>> to 1...
>>
>> Is GEOS installed?  How can I test?  Why is the config getting
>> overriden?
>>
>> Please help - and be aware that I have very little clue as to what the C
>> compiler setup is really doing so to be honest I need an idiots guide!
>>
>> Any help greatly appreciated at this point...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tim
>>
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