Installing postgres & postgis

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• #5: Had a first pass, spent quite a few hours working this out, got up to 9.1 + 2.0.1\n\nFor this talk, walked up to 9.2, checked what status is now\n\nExpert on UNIX sysadm & databases, but not on postgres\n
• #6: As to databases, have used a lot. \nFor open source, have like violins: SQLite, MySQL, Postgres\nPostgres 9.2 has JS internally, so with node.js can run js on client, server, & database. Sweet.\n20\nHad previously installed 9.1. On an iMac with 20GB memory.\n
• #7: No postgis extension!\nTried copying the postgis-2.0 to /Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/lib, didn’t help\nUsed pg_config to figure out that $libdir was /Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/lib\nIs server needed for 9.2?\nWhy can’t it find postgis-2.0 in $libdir when it is there\n\n\n\n
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• #12: http://tedwise.com/2010/08/28/homebrew-vs-macports/\n\nFink puts stuff in /sw; have used a lot; didn't want to talk to me just now: pdb.finkproject.org\n\nthere is also http://www.pkgsrc.org/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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• #14: Problem is that it doesn’t hook stuff up, so have to have apache setup, launchd, and so on.\nFortunately enterprisedb does all this\n\n7412 lines later on the postgis2 upgrade! :)\n\nInstalls files in /opt/local/var/macports and various sub directories of this\n\nNow at 9.1 + 2.0.1, want to go to 9.2 + 2.0.1!\n-- so we have javascript!\n\n \n\n\n\n\n
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• #16: Port installs a program called daemondo wrappers the package in a way that works well with mac's launchd.\n\nNot needed for postgres since there is only one command, portmaster, to be run\n\nnot needed for postgis, since that installs as an extension within postgres\n\nso replaced call to daemondo with direct call on postmaster, less kruft\n\non first install, use port install package name, on subsequent should use port upgrade package name(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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• #20: Ubuntu software center & postgres\n\napparnetly you have to sudo to run a run command, using own passowrd!\n\nadding in apache & also phpPgAdmin\n\ndownloaded postgres & sudo'd & ran the .run file\n\ndid apt-get postgis\n\nrebuild from source ran into lots of missing pieces, i.e. xml-config\n\nhttp://linfiniti.com/2012/05/installing-postgis-2-0-on-ubuntu\n\nTrick was to go back to 9.1, then load in\nThen, load in tricks for 9.1\npushed to 9.2, but wroking on Mac\n\n
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• #22: A lot, ran into a series of fails on the compile, finally just gave up\nOne problem is that some tools not careful about where they litter: copies of “createdb" in /usr/local a major problem: always check tools & fix in the .profile\nThe configure broke: \n\nhad trouble with the createdb -- but still seems to have worked! as a postgis_template database had come into existence\nused scripts/launchpgadmin.sh to kick off a pgAdmin shell; preferred sudo\nbrought parallls up to rev\nfixed PGPORT using variable (& pgpass) to 5432 (had been thinking it was 5433 -- this was all the low level tools, as psql)\nadded show_system =- true to get phpPgAdmin to work\nahd a lot of trouble with wronge createdb, until realize had to fix paths: see pg_env.sh & . include that\nselect postgis_full_version(); - in a database to check\n\n\nselect oid, datname, datistemplate from pg_database;\ndrop database template_postgis2\n\nattempt to recompile from source died on some error messages about xml config, some more in the works\n-- tried various sources, but got things like createdb failures\n-- instructions basically require two things: 1) build from source all the way up 2) know what you are doing. Don't mind one, but two is a killer\n\nfigured I'd just ask Jim & Bruce\n\nCould have used a "these are the big pieces" cheat sheet; may even exist\n\nA lot of libraries have to be compiled into the tree; could walk up from ground but just poking at the problem is an issue.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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• #24: Downloaded 9.1 & installed\nFound 9.2 already had postgis 2.0! Great -- one strategy is just to wait!\nBecause had already installed 9.1, was using port 5433 for postgres 9.2\nSo had to fix the phppgadmin/conf/config.inc.php file, to have it go to port 5433\nAfter a bit of futzing with the permissions, was up\nRan select version()\n\n\n\n
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• #44: And if you are prepping a demo for others:\n1) make it standalone\n2) test soup to nuts\n
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