How to install PostGIS 2.0 on Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) from packages ¶

Install ¶

Add PPA and install packages using:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install postgis

Spatially enabling a database ¶

Connect to your database using pgAdmin or psql, and run the following commands. To add postgis with raster support:

CREATE EXTENSION postgis;

To add topology support, a second extension can be created on the database:

CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;

See also ¶

• ​https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostgreSQL