From: Regina Obe Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:09:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Fixed url links to geos and proj. Both are now osgeo projects and no longer at refra... X-Git-Tag: 1.4.0b1~771 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=06495499a881abcfc12ec9ec18d7cf4ffa64320a;p=postgis Fixed url links to geos and proj. Both are now osgeo projects and no longer at refractions or remotesensing. Move around instructions putting geos and proj compilation steps at the end per Mark's request git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@2932 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee --- diff --git a/doc/installation.xml b/doc/installation.xml index 005673333..280b9fe2f 100644 --- a/doc/installation.xml +++ b/doc/installation.xml @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Proj4 reprojection library. The Proj4 library is used to provide coordinate reprojection support within PostGIS. Proj4 is available for download from http://www.remotesensing.org/proj. + url="http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/">http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ provide geometry tests (ST_Touches(), ST_Contains(), ST_Intersects()) and operations (ST_Buffer(), ST_Union(), ST_Difference()) within PostGIS. GEOS is available for download from http://geos.refractions.net. + url="http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/">http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ PostGIS - The PostGIS module is a extension to the PostgreSQL backend server. + The PostGIS module is an extension to the PostgreSQL backend server. As such, PostGIS &last_release_version; requires full PostgreSQL server headers access in order to compile. The PostgreSQL source code is available at not supported. Many OS systems now include pre-built packages for PostgreSQL/PostGIS. In many - cases compilation is only necessary if you want the most bleeding edge versions. + cases compilation is only necessary if you want the most bleeding edge versions or you are a package maintainer. @@ -95,45 +95,6 @@ - - Check your settings to see which versions of things will be used. Note this part is for the most - part unnecessary since the PostGIS configure step will tell you what it is using and what is missing. - - which gcc - which make && which autoconf - which pg_config - ldconfig -v | grep /usr/local/lib - which geos-config - ldconfig -v | grep proj - - - - - If you are missing proj based on above or running a version below 4.5, then install by following these steps. - - wget http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.6.0.tar.gz - tar xvzf proj-4.6.0.tar.gz - cd proj-4.6.0 - ./configure && make clean && make - make install - ldconfig - cd .. - - - - - If you are missing geos based on above or running a version below 3.0, then install by following these steps. - - wget http://geos.refractions.net/downloads/geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2 - tar xvjf geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2 - cd geos-3.0.0 - ./configure && make clean && make - make install - ldconfig - cd .. - - - Retrieve the PostGIS source archive from http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-&last_release_version;.tar.gz. @@ -184,14 +145,16 @@ Proj4 is now required in order to build and use PostGIS. If ./configure didn't find the Proj4 library, try using the --with-projdir=/path/to/projdir switch to specify an alternative - Proj4 installation directory. + Proj4 installation directory. If you have not compiled or installed Proj4, follow the instructions below + if you wish to compile Proj4 from source. GEOS is now required in order to build and use PostGIS. If ./configure didn't find it, try using the --with-geosconfig=/path/to/geos-config switch to specify the full path - to the geos-config program. + to the geos-config program. If you have not compiled or installed Geos, follow the + instructions that follow below to compile Geos from source. @@ -201,6 +164,32 @@ + + If you are missing proj based on above or running a version below 4.5, then install by following these steps. + + wget http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.6.0.tar.gz + tar xvzf proj-4.6.0.tar.gz + cd proj-4.6.0 + ./configure && make clean && make + make install + ldconfig + cd .. + + + + + If you are missing geos based on above or running a version below 3.0, then install by following these steps. + + wget http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2 + tar xvjf geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2 + cd geos-3.0.0 + ./configure && make clean && make + make install + ldconfig + cd .. + + + PostGIS requires the PL/pgSQL procedural language extension.