PostGIS Install Guide

The following is a guideline to install PostGIS onto various operating systems from either prebuilt packages (where maintained) or source.

See the PostGIS/PostgreSQL and other dependency matrix that defines recommended versions of core dependencies for each version of PostGIS.

PostGIS 2.1 (still in development)

No install guides are available for PostGIS 2.1, so for now just follow the 2.1 guides (from source versions).

Keep in mind a few dependencies for PostGIS 2.1:

• PostgreSQL 9.0 or later
• At least GEOS 3.3, but preferably GEOS 3.4.0 for the new interruptibility feature

PostGIS 2.0

• CentOS 6 - all supported versions of PostgreSQL available
  • from PGDG packages

• Debian 6.0 (squeeze) - uses PostgreSQL 8.4
  • from source

• Debian 7.0 (wheezy) - uses PostgreSQL 9.1
  • from source

• Fedora 16 (Verne)
  • using PGDG YUM/RPM packages

• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid) - uses PostgreSQL 8.4
  • from source

• Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) - uses PostgreSQL 9.1
  • from source
  • from packages, using ppa:sharpie

• Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) - uses PostgreSQL 9.1
  • from source
  • hacky hybrid approach

• Windows both 32-bit and 64-bit (same step for all versions of PostgreSQL)
  • Compiling in Windows all PostgreSQL (x32bit MinGW32)
  • Compiling PostGIS 2.0 under Windows using MinGW-w64/Msys

PostGIS 1.5

• RHEL / Fedora / CentOS:
  • ​Compiling PostGIS from source for CentOS/Fedora/RedHat EL After Yum Install of PostgreSQL
  • ​Installing PostGIS 1.5 on PostgreSQL 9.0 via Yum repository
  • UsersWikiPostgisRpmInstallation
  • PostGIS RPM Installation (older)

• Debian 6.0 (squeeze) - uses PostgreSQL 8.4
  • using prebuilt packages
  • from source

• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid) - uses PostgreSQL 8.4
  • from source

• Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) - uses PostgreSQL 9.1
  • using prebuilt packages
  • from source

PostGIS 1.4

• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid) - uses PostgreSQL 8.4
  • using prebuilt packages

Older guides

• PostGIS RPM Installation for PostGIS 1.0
• UsersWikiPostgisOnUbuntu

See also

• UsersWikiWinCompile - Microsoft Windows