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PostGIS 1.5.8 Manual3 / 310Chapter 2InstallationThis chapter details the steps required to install PostGIS.2.1 Short Versiontar xvfz postgis-1.5.8.tar.gzcd postgis-1.5.8./configuremakemake install#BEGIN OPTIONAL -- this is already part of the tar# only really need this if installing from SVNcd doc/make comments-install#END OPTIONALcreatedb yourdatabasecreatelang plpgsql yourdatabasepsql -d yourdatabase -f postgis.sqlpsql -d yourdatabase -f postgis_comments.sqlpsql -d yourdatabase -f spatial_ref_sys.sqlNoteNOTE: The postgis.sql and spatial_ref_sys.sql will be installed in the /share/contrib/postgis-1.5 of your PostGIS install.If you didn’t install the OPTIONAL comments section, you will need to manually copy the postgis_comments.sql filefrom the doc folder of your source install to your /share/contrib/postgis-1.5 folder.The rest of this chapter goes into detail each of the above installation steps.2.2 RequirementsPostGIS has the following requirements for building and usage:Required• PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher. A complete installation of PostgreSQL (including server headers) is required. PostgreSQL isavailable from http://www.postgresql.org .For a full PostgreSQL / PostGIS support matrix and PostGIS/GEOS support matrix refer to http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/-UsersWikiPostgreSQLPostGIS