Published note for installation instructions to make it easier for future installers.
Installation of PostgreSQL on Amazon Linux generally follows the same path as discussed in StackOverflow Question
- Copy the link from PostgreSQL repository list after selecting the appropriate options. For Amazon Linux 2018.xx we should select RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 as target OS.
- Add the repository link and replace versions placeholders in
/etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-11-redhat.repousing the following commands
sudo yum install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/11/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-redhat11-11-2.noarch.rpm
sudo sed -i "s/rhel-\$releasever-\$basearch/rhel-6.9-x86_64/g" "/etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-11-redhat.repo"
- Install PostgreSQL 11 and verify the results
sudo yum install -y postgresql11 postgresql11-server postgresql11-contrib
psql --version
# should result in string 'psql (PostgreSQL) 11.1'
Here's the fun part - mostly because PostGIS doesn't come prepackaged for RHEL distros. This section mostly follows an older installation script now updated for later versions.
- Install the appropriate EPEL / extra packages repository for the appropriate RHEL version (6.x)
wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
sudo yum repolist
- Prioritize previously installed Postgres repository first to make sure we use postgres' version whenever possible, though YMMV
sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-11-redhat.repo
# add new line `priority=1`
- Run package installer and add any missing library manually as a new entry in the run script.
sudo yum --enablerepo=epel install postgis24_11 \
https://rpmfind.net/linux/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/x/xerces-c-3.0.1-0.20.1.el6.x86_64.rpm \
https://rpmfind.net/linux/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/l/libspatialite-2.4.0-0.6.RC4.el6.x86_64.rpm \
https://rpmfind.net/linux/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/l/libdap-3.11.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm \
https://rpmfind.net/linux/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/n/netcdf-4.1.1-3.el6.5.x86_64.rpm \
https://rpmfind.net/linux/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/c/cfitsio-3.240-3.el6.x86_64.rpm \
https://rpmfind.net/linux/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/a/armadillo-4.550.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm \
https://rpmfind.net/linux/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/h/hdf5-1.8.5.patch1-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
You can search for the missing libraries in RPMFind, pkgs.org or just directly via Google.
Try to match your target architecture x86_64 and OS as much as possible Amazon Linux 2018.xx -> RHEL 6 -> CentOS 6.
If you know of a better way than this let me know :)
- Verify PostGIS installation.
sudo passwd postgres
sudo service postgresql-11 initdb
sudo service postgresql-11 start
sudo chkconfig postgresql-11 on
su postgres
/usr/pgsql-11/bin/psql -p 5432
# in psql
CREATE DATABASE gistest;
\connect gistest;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION
postgres=# SELECT postgis_full_version();
postgis_full_version
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POSTGIS="2.4.5 r16765" PGSQL="110" GEOS="3.6.3-CAPI-1.10.3 80c13047" PROJ="Rel. 4.9.3, 15 August 2016" GDAL="GDAL 1.9.2, released 2012/10/08" LIBXML="2.7.6" LIBJSON="0.11" RASTER
(1 row)
a.k.a lessons I learned the hard way
- Amazon Linux 2018.xx comes preconfigured with libraries that match well with EPEL release 6.x, and therefore should use packages for RHEL 6 and CentOS 6 in case a substitution is required. Amazon Linux 2, OTOH matches EPEL 7 as seen in this tutorial, and by inference should use RHEL 7 and CentOS 7 substitutes.
- have you tried clearing your yum cache?
yum clean all