Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of GeoDjangoInstall

Timestamp:

Sep 24, 2007, 4:34:07 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

jbronn

Comment:

added more info about PostgreSQL installation on Windows

GeoDjangoInstall

@@ -133 +133 @@
 === PostgreSQL ===
 
-Download and run the PostgreSQL installer from [http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.2.4/win32/ here].  Do '''not'''  install the PostGIS version bundled with this installer.  The latest version of PostgreSQL is 8.2.4.
+Download and run the PostgreSQL installer from [http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.2.4/win32/ here].  Do '''not'''  install the PostGIS version bundled with this installer.  The latest version of PostgreSQL is 8.2.5.
+
+If you want to invoke PostgreSQL commands from the shell, append "{{{;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin}}}" to the Windows {{{Path}}}.
+
+=== PostGIS  ===
+
+PostGIS maintains a [http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/ distribution for Windows], and includes pre-built libraries for PROJ 4.5.0 and GEOS 3.0.0rc4 (both are the latest versions).  You may download the latest [http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/pg82/postgis-pg82-setup-1.3.1-1.exe PostGIS (1.3.1) here].  Run this ''after'' the PostgreSQL installer.
+
+If you added the directory to PostgreSQL to your {{{Path}}} (see above), the following command may be used to easily create spatial databases:
+{{{
+C:\> createdb -T template_postgis <database name>
+}}}
 
 === psycopg2 ===
 
 Windows binary packages of the {{{psycopg2}}} module are packaged by Jason Erickson, and may be downloaded from his [http://www.stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/ win-psycopg website].  The latest version maintained for Python 2.5 and PostgreSQL 8.2.4  is [http://www.stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/psycopg2-2.0.6.win32-py2.5-pg8.2.4-release.exe pyscopg2 2.0.6].
-
-=== PostGIS  ===
-
-PostGIS maintains a [http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/ distribution for Windows], and includes pre-built libraries for PROJ 4.5.0 and GEOS 3.0.0rc4 (both are the latest versions).  You may download the latest [http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/pg82/postgis-pg82-setup-1.3.1-1.exe PostGIS (1.3.1) here].  Run this ''after'' the PostgreSQL installer.
 
 === GEOS ===