| | 1 | = How to install PostGIS 2.0 on Ubuntu 13.04 (''raring'') from packages = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | == Install == |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | Add PPA using: |
| | 6 | {{{ |
| | 7 | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable |
| | 8 | }}} |
| | 9 | Now open 'Software & Updates' and go to the tab 'Other Software' and change the distribution for http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu from 'raring' to 'quantal'. Otherwise you will get the following error message: |
| | 10 | {{{ |
| | 11 | ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/local/PostgreSQL/9.2/share/postgresql/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory |
| | 12 | }}} |
| | 13 | Install packages using the following commands: |
| | 14 | {{{ |
| | 15 | sudo apt-get update |
| | 16 | sudo apt-get install postgis postgresql-9.1-postgis |
| | 17 | }}} |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | == Spatially enabling a database == |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | Connect to your database using pgAdmin or psql, and run the following commands. To add postgis with raster support: |
| | 23 | {{{ |
| | 24 | CREATE EXTENSION postgis; |
| | 25 | }}} |
| | 26 | |
| | 27 | To add topology support, a second extension can be created on the database: |
| | 28 | {{{ |
| | 29 | CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology; |
| | 30 | }}} |
| | 31 | |
| | 32 | == See also == |
| | 33 | * https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostgreSQL |
