On 10/03/11 02:58, Bill Teluk wrote:
Hi, I have installed PostGIS 1.5.2 on a PostgreSQL 9.0.4 (OpenSCG RPM) on an RHEL5.5 system - the instructions in the included README.postgis indicate that I should perform "make install" as "postgres" user. This didn't work and generated the error below:/bin/mkdir -p '/opt/postgres/9.0/share/postgresql/contrib/postgis-1.5' /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/opt/postgres/9.0/share/postgresql/contrib/postgis-1.5': Permission denied make[1]: *** [installdirs] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/maptools/other/pgis_1_5_2/postgis-1.5.2/postgis' make: *** [postgis-install] Error 2 I overcame this by performing "make install" as "root" user - I did this because I noted that the online HTML documentation for v1.5 doesn't indicate which user to install as - at least as far as I could see (ref http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ch02.html#id2630263 ) Is this a documentation error, or should I really be installing as user "postgres"?
Given that you've installed under /opt, I would think that it would be absolutely fine to build and install as the postgres user. It seems to me that this is either a permissions or an SELinux issue (if enabled).
HTH, Mark. -- Mark Cave-Ayland - Senior Technical Architect PostgreSQL - PostGIS Sirius Corporation plc - control through freedom http://www.siriusit.co.uk t: +44 870 608 0063 Sirius Labs: http://www.siriusit.co.uk/labs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
