Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of UsersWikiPostgisRpmInstallation

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+= PostGIS RPM Installation =
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+Version:1.0.4 for PostGIS RPM Set[[BR]]
+Author:Devrim Gunduz <devrim@gunduz.org>[[BR]]
+Date:Oct 04, 2005
+
+== INTRODUCTION ==
+This document exists to explain the layout of the RPM for PostGIS .
+
+This document is written to be applicable to version 1.0.X of PostGIS
+which is the current version of the RPM's as of this writing. More to the
+point, versions prior to 1.0.X are not documented here.
+
+It is preferable for the distribution-specific set to be the one used.
+If you want to stay up-to-date on the PostGIS core itself, use the community
+RPMS. These RPMs are kept up2date.
+
+PostGIS RPM is installed as every RPM, so it is not mentioned in here.
+
+== BUILDING RPMS ==
+To build RPMs, you'll need the following:
+ * The source tarball of PostGIS.
+ * PostGIS spec (see extras/rpm/spec for the file)
+ * Some patches/sources from CVS (see extras/rpm/patches for the files)
+
+Please note that you'll need some development tools for building PostGIS. You'll
+be prompted for this prerequisites.
+
+Here is a basic guide for building RPMs:
+
+# Move the patches/sources and source tarball into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
+# Next, move the spec file under /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
+# Run the following command: rpmbuild -bb postgis.spec
+This will build RPMs for you.
+
+NOTES (neverhood@sibmail.com) for building postgis-1.3.1 on Fedora Core 6.
+
+I found that spec file in postgis-1.3.1tar.gz have invalid make command. In original spec file it is:
+
+{{{
+make %{?_smp_mflags} LPATH=`pg_config --pkglibdir` shlib="%{name}.so"
+
+}}}
+
+(and with that command you'll get incorrect lwpostgis.sql and spatial_ref_sys.sql files).
+
+Replace this command with that one:
+
+{{{
+make %{?_smp_mflags} LPATH=`pg_config --pkglibdir`
+
+}}}
+
+After this changes you'll get right postgis rpm package.
+/* end of notes */
+
+The RPMs will be placed under /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/
+If you specify an explicit target while rpmbuild, then the directory may change:
+
+ Command:  rpmbuild -bb --target i686 postgis.spec[[BR]]
+ Resulting directory:  /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686/
+
+== RPM FILE LOCATIONS. ==
+To be in compliance with the Linux FHS, the PostGIS RPMs install files in
+a manner not consistent with most of the PostGIS documentation.  According
+to the standard PostGIS documentation, PostGIS is installed under the
+directory /usr/local, with executables, source, and data existing in
+various subdirectories.
+
+Different distributions have different ideas of some of these file locations.
+In particular, the documentation directory can be /usr/doc, /usr/doc/packages,
+/usr/share/doc, /usr/share/doc/packages, or some other similar path. The current
+Red Hat / Fedora Core locations are listed below.
+
+However, the RPM's install the files like this:
+
+
+ Executables:            /usr/bin[[BR]]
+ Libraries:              /usr/lib[[BR]]
+ Documentation:          /usr/share/doc/postgis-x.y.z[[BR]]
+ JDBC2 related:          /usr/shara/java[[BR]]
+ Perl utils:             /usr/bin
+
+
+
+Use of 'rpm -ql' for each package is recommended as the 'Official' location source.
+
+While it may seem gratuitous to place these files in different locations, the
+FHS requires it -- distributions should not ever touch /usr/local.  It may
+also seem like more work to keep track of where everything is -- but, that's
+the beauty of RPM -- you don't have to keep track of the files, RPM does it
+for you.
+
+These RPMs are designed to be LSB-compliant -- if you find this not to be the
+case, please let me know by way of the postgis-devel@PostGIS.org mailing
+list.
+
+== REBUILDING FROM SOURCE RPM ==
+If your distribution is not supported by the binary RPM's from PostGIS.org,
+you will need to rebuild from the source RPM.  Download the .src.rpm for this
+release.  You will need to be root to rebuild, unless you have already set up
+a non-root build environment.
+
+Install the source RPM with rpm -i, then CD to the rpm building area (on RedHat
+or Fedora Core, this is /usr/src/redhat by default).  You will have to have a full
+development environment to rebuild the RPM.
+
+This release of the RPM includes the ability to conditionally build
+sets of packages.  The parameters, their defaults, and the meanings are:
+
+ jdbc2:          Build the RPM with jdbc2 support (default value is 1)[[BR]]
+ utils:          Build the RPM with perl utils (default value is 1)
+
+To use these defines, invoke a rebuild like this:
+
+{{{
+ rpm --rebuild --define 'jdbc2 0 ' --define 'utils' postgis-1.0.4-1.src.rpm
+
+}}}
+
+This line would disable the jdbc2 and utils, if requested.
+
+Please note that the spec file needs some patches to PostGIS source tree to build, so you
+may need to download them via CVS before rebuilding the package.
+
+== MORE INFORMATION ==
+You can get more information at http://www.PostGIS.org
+
+Please help make this packaging better -- let me know if you find problems, or
+better ways of doing things.  You can reach us by e-mail at
+postgis-devel@lists.refractions.net .