[postgis-users] Configure failure on Ubuntu 9.10

[Paul Hastings]

Chris Hill wrote:

> I have installed Postgres 8.4.1, Proj4 and GEOS librarys on Ubuntu
> 9.10 yet when I attempt to ./configure Postgres 1.4.0 I receive this
> error:


just piling on...

seeing something similar w/same setup (9.10 server, postgres 8.4.1 & trying to 
install postGIS 1.4) though getting "error: the PGXS Makefile 
/usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/lib/pgxs/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk cannot be found. Please 
install the PostgreSQL server development packages and re-run configure." instead.

is there a detailed list of the postgreSQL requirements postGIS needs that a 
relative linux newbie can understand?

thanks.