[postgis-users] raster2pgsql binary in apt distros

[Paul Ramsey]

>
> Something to think about for our 3.0 release.
>

Might need to be ticketed and assigned to packagers? It's not a big ask,
but it's easy to forget if they just copy'n'ship the old specs.

P


>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: postgis-users [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Nils Nolde
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 5:55 AM
> > To: postgis-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > Subject: [postgis-users] raster2pgsql binary in apt distros
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I had trouble accessing the raster2pgsql binary with different apt
> postgresql-x-
> > postgis-x distros in the past. It�s not callable as executable and I
> can�t find it
> > in the usual bin/ directories. I can only access it when installing
> �apt-get
> > install postgis� which leaves me with a postgresql v10 distro. Not a
> > dealbreaker, but a bit annoying. So my questions are:
> >
> > - how can I access raster2pgsql in a postgres specific postgis version
> from apt,
> > e.g. postgresql-9.6-postgis-2.4?
> >
> > - is there a way to compile the tool independent of a postgis
> installation, as
> > to not have a full postgres installation for just using raster2pgsql?
> Context:
> > sometimes I only need the tool in a docker container to update an
> external
> > database.
> >
> > Or does it need compilation against specific postgis versions? I guess
> GDAL is a
> > dependency, but the produced .sql should be rather independent of postgis
> > versions right?
> >
> > Of course I could write my own sql statements for raster import, but
> it�s sooo
> > convenient:)
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Nils
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