[Package Request] PostGIS [$15]

[ericjarvies]

Description: PostgreSQL Extension
Website: https://postgis.net
Documentation: https://postgis.net/documentation/
Build/Installation documentation: https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiInstall
Source Code: https://postgis.net/source/
License: GNU General Public License (GPLv2)

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[ericjarvies]

A simple package in the package center named "PostGIS Extension" that -upon installation- PostGIS enables the existing /bin/psql instance of PostgreSQL (9.3.6).

Alternatively, create a package named "PostgreSQL Extensions" that installs multiple (the most popular) PostgreSQL extensions.

Lastly, could create a new package named "PostGIS enabled PostgreSQL" that installs the latest **PostgreSQL 9.5.2 _along with the latest _PostGIS 2.2.2.

If anyone is interested in this, please advise/open a dialogue with me, and I will provide whatever assistance possible.

Thanks,

Eric

[DavidKi]

Hello Eric,

this sounds pretty nice! I have been looking already for a possibility to use postgis on my NAS (ds112j with dsm 6.0). Tried to build it on my own, but haven't been succesful. Are there already some results for such a package?

Best, David

[GuillaumeSmaha]

Hi,

I am trying to build it but it is not an easy case.
I can build Geos, Proj4.j, Postgresql easily but I have an issue with GDAL and PostGis.

A big problem for GDAL and Postgis is the call to pg_config during configure which is not a script file but a binary file.

It's possible to bypass it with a native build ...