PostGIS install on Ubuntu

[Alan Boudreault]

Hi,

To get postgis 2 on Ubuntu, you need to setup the ubuntugis unstable PPA 
and install the postgresql-9.1-postgis package. If you have added 
ubuntugis stable ppa... remove it first.

See: http://trac.osgeo.org/ubuntugis/wiki/UbuntuGISRepository

Alan

On 13-02-18 02:56 PM, Spencer Renosis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the UbuntuGIS PPA and I am trying to install PostGIS 2.0.1. I
> got this address from the repository information. Of course when I enter
> "sudo apt-get install postgis" into terminal I get the version I don't
> want(I think 1.5.3 or something, whatever comes in the standard Ubuntu
> repository). I tried adding the UbuntuGIS PPA, but I am not sure how to
> specify that I want the 2.0.1 version. If I try to type in the package
> name with version number (sudo apt-get install 'postgis-2.0.1~precise1'
> or 'postgis-2.0.1' or anything else I try) it doesn't recognize what I type.
>
> Is there any way you can tell me what I need to do to install PostGIS
> 2.0.1 from the UbuntuGIS PPA?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Spencer Renosis
>
>
>
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