= PostGIS Pre-built Binary Distributions for various OS =
== CentOS 4-6, Scientific Linux 4-6, Redhat EL 4-6, Fedora 12-16  ==
  [http://yum.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL Yum Repo] managed by Devrim Gunduz is the best source for both PostgreSQL and PostGIS binaries
  === PostGIS 2.0 ===
  * [http://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages.php PostgreSQL 9.1]
      [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiPostGIS20CentOS6pgdg CentOS 6 PostgreSQL 9.1 Instructions]
  === PostGIS 1.5 ===
  * [http://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages.php PostgreSQL 9.0]
      [http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/204-postgis15-install-yum.html Yum PostGIS 1.5 on PostgreSQL 9.0 Instructions]

== Windows ==
  You'll see PostGIS various versions available on !EnterpriseDb Application !StackBuilder after you install
 [http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#windows PostgreSQL 8.4-9.1 Installers]
All these should work for Windows XP - Windows 2008 R2

 === PostGIS 2.1 ===
  [http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/experimental.php Experimental Builds]
      These are built for PostgreSQL 8.3-9.2 manually for both 32/64bit whenever any major changes
 ''' PostGIS 2.1 buildbot builds ''' (these are auto-built by buildbot whenever codebase changes)
     * [http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/pg92/buildbot PostgreSQL 9.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)]
     * [http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/pg92/buildbot PostgreSQL 9.1 (64-bit)]
     * [http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/pg92/buildbot PostgreSQL 9.0 (64-bit)]
      
 === PostGIS 2.0 ===
 Installers and binaries are uploaded to PostGIS website before they are deployed on stackbuilder
 [http://www.bostongis.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?content_name=postgis_tut01 PostGIS 2.0 Windows install instructions]
   [http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/#postgis-installers PostgreSQL 8.4-9.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)] 

 === PostGIS 1.5 ===
 [http://www.bostongis.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?content_name=postgis_tut01_15 PostGIS 1.5 Windows install instructions]

 Installers and binaries are uploaded to PostGIS website before they are deployed on stackbuilder
   [http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/#postgis-installers PostgreSQL 8.3-9.1 32-bit] 

   ''' !OpenGeo Suite '''
   Don't use this if all you want is PostGIS and PostgreSQL. Self-contained comes with PostgreSQL 8.4, PostGIS, !GeoServer and Editors
   * [http://opengeo.org/technology/suite/download/ OpenGeo Suite Community Edition]   
   * [http://opengeo.org/products/suite/register/ OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition]  

== Mac OSX ==
=== PostGIS 2.0 ===
   [http://www.kyngchaos.com/software:postgres KyngChaos PostgreSQL 9.1 Lion and Snow Leopard, 64bit only]

== PostGIS 1.5 ==
 ''' !OpenGeo Suite '''
   Don't use this if all you want is PostGIS and you want the latest PostgreSQL. Self-contained comes with PostgreSQL 8.4, PostGIS, !GeoServer and Editors

   * [http://opengeo.org/technology/suite/download/ OpenGeo Suite Community Edition]   for 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard
   * [http://opengeo.org/products/suite/register/ OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition]  for 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard: like community but with tech support plan and upgrade support.

== OpenSUSE and SUSE ==
=== PostGIS 2.0 ===
  [http://software.opensuse.org/package/postgis2 PostGIS 2.0.1 for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, 12.1,12.2, 11.2-11.4] Note these are all listed as unstable since they are not directly distributed by Official OpenSUSE repo.  The package is called '''postgis2''' to distinguish it from the postgis 1.series 
which are incompatible

=== PostGIS 1.5 ===
[http://software.opensuse.org/package/postgis PostGIS 1.5.5 for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 12.1,12.2, 11.2-11.4, SUSE SLED 10-11] Note these are all listed as unstable since they are not directly distributed by Official OpenSUSE repo.  The package is called '''postgis'''



== Ubuntu ==
=== PostGIS 2.0 ===
''' [https://code.launchpad.net/~sharpie Charlie Sharpsteen Repo (Sharpie)] '''
 PostgreSQL 9.1 - [http://linfiniti.com/2012/05/installing-postgis-2-0-on-ubuntu/ ppa:Sharpie Instructions] 
   Note: You can use below for installation instead of installing with scripts article describes 
Also note the nightly now points at 2.1, use ''sharpie/postgis/2.0'' to get postgis-2.0
{{{
CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
}}}

== pkgsrc ==

[http://www.pkgsrc.org pkgsrc] is the official packaging system on NetBSD and Dragonfly, and supports many other systems.  postgis is available as databases/postresql-postgis.  Currently pkgsrc has the 1.5 branch of postgis, and an update to 2.0 is in progress.