Question

I am trying to install PostGIS for MacOS X and uptil now this is what i got

PostGIS is now configured for x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0

 -------------- Compiler Info ------------- 
  C compiler:           gcc -g -O2
  C++ compiler:         g++ -g -O2

 -------------- Dependencies -------------- 
  GEOS config:          /usr/local/bin/geos-config
  GEOS version:         3.3.3
  PostgreSQL config:    /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config
  PostgreSQL version:   PostgreSQL 9.1.3
  PROJ4 version:        48
  Libxml2 config:       /usr/bin/xml2-config
  Libxml2 version:      2.7.3
  JSON-C support:       yes
  PostGIS debug level:  0
  Perl:                 /usr/bin/perl

 --------------- Extensions --------------- 
  PostGIS Raster:       disabled
  PostGIS Topology:     enabled

 -------- Documentation Generation -------- 
  xsltproc:             /usr/bin/xsltproc
  xsl style sheets:     
  dblatex:              
  convert:              
  mathml2.dtd:          http://www.w3.org/Math/DTD/mathml2/mathml2.dtd

Does this mean that PostGIS is now installed? Why is the PostGIS Raster disabled?

Also when i follow the tutorial I am getting this error

createdb -E UTF8 template_postgis
createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL:  role "root" does not exist

Then i checked for the command

sudo su - postgres

and it returns 1 for echo $?

Answer 1

This means that PostGIS is configured, as the first line says.

Typically you proceed with make and make install. After this is done you’ll have PostGIS libraries ready, but you’ll have to create PostGIS support functions on the database level, something like this: psql -c spatial_ref_sys.sql

I would recommend consulting also the official docs.

Your error message means that you’re trying to connect to the database with the user / to the database that doesn’t exists there. By default, PostgreSQL tools will try username / database that match your current unix user, which seems to be root.

And keep in mind that it is a very bad practice to work under root account.