Some time ago, I presented a typical approach to upgrade PostGIS under Ubuntu. Please take a look at my previous post to recall how we accomplished this task.   Today, we’ll extend this procedure by upgrading PostgreSQL and PostGIS in one row to replay a quite realistic scenario: A customer runs PostgreSQL 13 with an […]

Many blog posts deal with installing or upgrading PostGIS. Today we’ll talk about upgrading related libraries such as GEOS or GDAL. Since PostGIS’ functionality stack relies heavily on these libraries, downloading current library versions is unavoidable; you want to use the latest stunning spatial features. Unfortunately, not all repositories serve PostGIS with the latest libraries. […]

Last time, we installed PostGIS on top of PostgreSQL. Today, I will complement this article by describing how to upgrade PostGIS on Ubuntu. A detailed description can be found at postgis.net and should be referred to in parallel. Let me first define our scenario and goal: An artificial customer wants his PostGIS-enabled PostgreSQL 13 cluster […]

PostGIS setup with Ubuntu 20.04.2 In one of his last blogposts, our CEO Hans-Jürgen Schönig explained how to set up PostgreSQL on Ubuntu. He consciously avoided any discussion of how to deal with our beloved PostGIS extension. Let’s fix that up right now by following these steps to implement PostGIS setup: Status quo assessment Setup […]

Intro GitHub Actions (GHA) are altogether a piece of excellent machinery for continuous integration or other automated tasks on your repo. I started to use them from the release day on as a replacement for CircleCI. Not that I think CircleCI is a bad product; I love to have everything in one place if possible. […]

To make it easier for our readers to install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu, we have compiled a quick guide to getting started. Don’t worry, it’s not too hard. You will learn: How to download PostgreSQL How to install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu How to create a database instance How to ensure the service is running Creating your […]