[postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0 installation problem - Ubuntu 12.04

[Stephen Woodbridge]

On 5/4/2012 8:47 PM, jeffmeyer wrote:
> Yes - I've tried all that&  install fails. Here's what comes next after sudo
> make install:
>
> postgres at jeffmetp:~/postgis-2.0.1SVN$ sudo make install
> [sudo] password for postgres:
> postgres is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
> postgres at jeffmetp:~/postgis-2.0.1SVN$
>
> Bug filed - http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/1804

Jeff,

Talk to your system admin or google how to setup sudo for the postgres 
user. This is a system problem not a postgres problem. An alternative if 
you have the root passwd is to to use:

su
make install
exit

-Steve