Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of UsersWikiPostGIS20Ubuntu1004src

Timestamp:

04/03/12 01:01:14 (13 years ago)

Author:

mwtoews

Comment:

bump versions; change requirements; reword template

UsersWikiPostGIS20Ubuntu1004src

@@ -6 +6 @@
 Install prerequisite packages using:
 {{{
-sudo apt-get install build-essential postgresql-8.4 postgresql-server-dev-8.4 libxml2-dev proj libjson0-dev
+sudo apt-get install build-essential postgresql-8.4 postgresql-server-dev-8.4 libxml2-dev proj libjson0-dev xsltproc docbook-xsl docbook-mathml
 }}}
 
@@ -14 +14 @@
 }}}
 
-Optional packages for testing PostGIS:
-{{{
-sudo apt-get install libcunit1-dev
-}}}
-Optional packages for building documentation:
-{{{
-sudo apt-get install xsltproc docbook-xsl docbook-mathml imagemagick
-}}}
-(for building PDF documentation, add `dblatex`, but expect a large download)
-
-=== Build GEOS 3.3.2 ===
+=== Build GEOS 3.3.x ===
 PostGIS 2.0 requires GEOS >= 3.3.2 for topology support.
 
 There are multiple ways to build GEOS, but this is the simplest:
 {{{
-wget http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.3.2.tar.bz2
-tar xvfj geos-3.3.2.tar.bz2
-cd geos-3.3.2
+wget http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.3.3.tar.bz2
+tar xvfj geos-3.3.3.tar.bz2
+cd geos-3.3.3
 ./configure
 make
@@ -40 +30 @@
 == Build PostGIS ==
 {{{
-wget http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-2.0.0beta4.tar.gz
-tar xfvz postgis-2.0.0beta4.tar.gz
-cd postgis-2.0.0beta4
+wget http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-2.0.0rc2.tar.gz
+tar xfvz postgis-2.0.0rc2.tar.gz
+cd postgis-2.0.0rc2
 }}}
-PostGIS 2.0 can be configured to disable topology or raster extensions, using the configure flags `--without-raster` and `--without-topology`. The default is to build both extensions:
+
+PostGIS 2.0 can be configured to disable topology or raster support, using the configure flags `--without-raster` and `--without-topology`. The default is to build both:
 {{{
 ./configure
@@ -60 +51 @@
 }}}
 
-== Template ==
-Complete a post-install by creating a template, which can be re-used for creating multiple spatially-enabled databases. Or if you just want to make one spatially enabled database, you can modify the commands for your needs.
+== Using enabler scripts ==
+
+Enabler scripts can be used to either build a template, or directly spatially enable a database.
+
+The following example creates a template, which can be re-used for creating multiple spatially-enabled databases. Or if you just want to make one spatially enabled database, you can modify the commands for your needs.
+
+PostGIS:
 {{{
 sudo -u postgres createdb template_postgis
@@ -70 +66 @@
 }}}
 
-=== Enable raster extension ===
-Adding on to `template_postgis`:
+with raster support:
 {{{
 sudo -u postgres psql -d template_postgis -f /usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-2.0/rtpostgis.sql
@@ -77 +72 @@
 }}}
 
-=== Enable topology extension ===
-Adding on to `template_postgis`:
+with topology support:
 {{{
 sudo -u postgres psql -d template_postgis -f /usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-2.0/topology.sql