[postgis-commits] svn - r2932 - trunk/doc

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Thu Aug 28 14:09:41 PDT 2008


Author: robe
Date: 2008-08-28 14:09:40 -0700 (Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 2932

Modified:
   trunk/doc/installation.xml
Log:
Fixed url links to geos and proj.  Both are now osgeo projects and no longer at refractions or remotesensing.  Move around instructions putting geos and proj compilation steps at the end per Mark's request

Modified: trunk/doc/installation.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/installation.xml	2008-08-27 04:34:20 UTC (rev 2931)
+++ trunk/doc/installation.xml	2008-08-28 21:09:40 UTC (rev 2932)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <para>Proj4 reprojection library. The Proj4 library is
         used to provide coordinate reprojection support within PostGIS. Proj4
         is available for download from <ulink
-        url="http://www.remotesensing.org/proj">http://www.remotesensing.org/proj</ulink>.</para>
+        url="http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/">http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/</ulink>.</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         provide geometry tests (ST_Touches(), ST_Contains(), ST_Intersects())
         and operations (ST_Buffer(), ST_Union(), ST_Difference()) within
         PostGIS. GEOS is available for download from <ulink
-        url="http://geos.refractions.net">http://geos.refractions.net</ulink>.</para>
+        url="http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/">http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/</ulink>.</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   <sect1 id="PGInstall">
     <title>PostGIS</title>
 
-    <para>The PostGIS module is a extension to the PostgreSQL backend server.
+    <para>The PostGIS module is an extension to the PostgreSQL backend server.
     As such, PostGIS &last_release_version; <emphasis>requires</emphasis>
     full PostgreSQL server headers access in order to compile. The PostgreSQL
     source code is available at <ulink
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <emphasis>not</emphasis> supported.</para>
 	
 	<note><para>Many OS systems now include pre-built packages for PostgreSQL/PostGIS. In many
-	cases compilation is only necessary if you want the most bleeding edge versions.</para>
+	cases compilation is only necessary if you want the most bleeding edge versions or you are a package maintainer.</para>
 	</note>
 
 	<sect2 id="firsttimeinstall">
@@ -96,45 +96,6 @@
 		</listitem>
 		
 		<listitem>
-			<para>Check your settings to see which versions of things will be used.  Note this part is for the most
-			part unnecessary since the PostGIS configure step will tell you what it is using and what is missing.</para>
-			<programlisting>
-			which gcc
-			which make &amp;&amp; which autoconf
-			which pg_config
-			ldconfig -v | grep /usr/local/lib
-			which geos-config
-			ldconfig -v | grep proj
-			</programlisting>
-		</listitem>
-		
-		<listitem>
-			<para>If you are missing proj based on above or running a version below 4.5, then install by following these steps.</para>
-			<programlisting>
-			wget http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.6.0.tar.gz
-			tar xvzf proj-4.6.0.tar.gz
-			cd proj-4.6.0
-			./configure &amp;&amp; make clean &amp;&amp; make
-			make install
-			ldconfig
-			cd ..
-			</programlisting>
-		</listitem>
-		
-		<listitem>
-			<para>If you are missing geos based on above or running a version below 3.0, then install by following these steps.</para>
-			<programlisting>
-			wget http://geos.refractions.net/downloads/geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2
-			tar xvjf geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2
-			cd geos-3.0.0
-			./configure &amp;&amp; make clean &amp;&amp; make
-			make install
-			ldconfig
-			cd ..
-			</programlisting>
-		</listitem>
-		
-		<listitem>
 			<para>Retrieve the PostGIS source archive from <ulink
 			url="http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-&last_release_version;.tar.gz">http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-&last_release_version;.tar.gz</ulink>.
 			Uncompress and untar the archive. configure.</para>
@@ -184,14 +145,16 @@
 				<para>Proj4 is now required in order to build and use PostGIS.
 				If ./configure didn't find the Proj4 library,
 				try using the <code>--with-projdir=/path/to/projdir</code> switch to specify an alternative
-				Proj4 installation directory.</para>
+				Proj4 installation directory.  If you have not compiled or installed Proj4, follow the instructions below
+				if you wish to compile Proj4 from source.</para>
 			  </listitem>
 			
 			  <listitem>
 				<para>GEOS is now required in order to build and use PostGIS.
 				If ./configure didn't find it, try using the 
 				<code>--with-geosconfig=/path/to/geos-config</code> switch to specify the full path 
-				to the <filename>geos-config</filename> program.</para>
+				to the <filename>geos-config</filename> program.  If you have not compiled or installed Geos, follow the
+				instructions that follow below to compile Geos from source.</para>
 			  </listitem>
 			</itemizedlist>
 			<programlisting>
@@ -201,8 +164,34 @@
 			</programlisting>
 		</listitem>
 		
+		<listitem>
+			<para>If you are missing proj based on above or running a version below 4.5, then install by following these steps.</para>
+			<programlisting>
+			wget http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.6.0.tar.gz
+			tar xvzf proj-4.6.0.tar.gz
+			cd proj-4.6.0
+			./configure &amp;&amp; make clean &amp;&amp; make
+			make install
+			ldconfig
+			cd ..
+			</programlisting>
+		</listitem>
 		
 		<listitem>
+			<para>If you are missing geos based on above or running a version below 3.0, then install by following these steps.</para>
+			<programlisting>
+			wget http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2
+			tar xvjf geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2
+			cd geos-3.0.0
+			./configure &amp;&amp; make clean &amp;&amp; make
+			make install
+			ldconfig
+			cd ..
+			</programlisting>
+		</listitem>
+		
+		
+		<listitem>
 			<para>PostGIS requires the PL/pgSQL procedural language extension.
 			Before loading the <filename>lwpostgis.sql</filename> file, you must
 			first enable PL/pgSQL. You should use the



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