[Ubuntu] Re: UbuntuGIS Postgis 1.5.2 package broken?

[Alan Boudreault]

Well... Postgresql 9 is not yet in ubuntu so... you'll have to compile the 
plugin yourself if you want to use it. The binaries installed via the package 
"postgis" should work though.

Alan

On October 20, 2010 09:23:08 am Alan Boudreault wrote:
> Hi Brent,
> 
> No, this is not an issue. the package postgis contains only documentation,
> manual and a few binaries. It doesn't depend on the postgresql postgis
> plugin, as you could have compiled/installed manually.
> 
> The package postgresql-8.4-postgis is the postgresql plugin. The package
> doesn't support postgresql 9 yet, only 8.3 and 8.4. I'm going to take a
> look at this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alan
> 
> On October 19, 2010 06:39:13 pm pcreso at pcreso.com wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I have just had Postgis 1.5.2 installed, to work with Postgres v9.0 on
> > Ubuntu server 10.04LTS. apt-get install postgis
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > 
> > Suggested packages:
> >   postgresql-8.4-postgis
> > 
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >   postgis
> > 
> > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 617kB of archives.
> > After this operation, 2,109kB of additional disk space will be used.
> > Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu/
> > lucid/main postgis 1.5.2-2~lucid1 [617kB] Fetched 617kB in 3s (166kB/s)
> > Selecting previously deselected package postgis.
> > (Reading database ... 89248 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking postgis (from .../postgis_1.5.2-2~lucid1_amd64.deb) ...
> > Processing triggers for man-db ...
> > Setting up postgis (1.5.2-2~lucid1) ...
> > I did NOT install postgresql-8.4-postgis, which is suggested but
> > supposedly not a dependency. and I'm running Postgres v9.0 anyway?
> > 
> > The files list for this package suggests that some critical files, like
> > all the core Postgis files, are not included, but only the loader
> > utilities & documentation are, ie:
> > 
> > /usr/bin/pgsql2shp
> > /usr/bin/shp2pgsql
> > /usr/bin/shp2pgsql-gui
> > /usr/share/doc/postgis/changelog.Debian.gz
> > /usr/share/doc/postgis/changelog.gz
> > /usr/share/doc/postgis/copyright
> > /usr/share/doc/postgis/postgis
> > /usr/share/doc/postgis/postgis/README.postgis.gz
> > /usr/share/doc/postgis/postgis/postgis.html
> > /usr/share/man/man1/pgsql2shp.1.gz
> > /usr/share/man/man1/shp2pgsql.1.gz
> > 
> > 
> > Is this an issue with the package, or something I have failed to
> > understand about the install?
> > 
> > (I have another system with Postgres v9.0 from package & Postgis 1.5.2
> > compiled from source working fine, this is the first attempt to install
> > Postgis 1.5.2 from the package)
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >   Brent Wood

-- 
Alan Boudreault
Mapgears
http://www.mapgears.com
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