= System-Specific Prerequisites for !OpenBlock =

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This page just lists prerequisites.  
For actual installation instructions, see 
http://openblockproject.org/docs/

== Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) ==

{{{
apt-get install python2.6 \
python2.6-dev \
build-essential \
git \
subversion \
postgresql-8.3-postgis \
libgdal1-1.5.0 \
libgdal1-dev \
libxml2 \
libxml2-dev \
libxslt1.1 \
libxslt1-dev \
libproj0 \
libproj-dev \
unzip \
wget

}}}

== Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) ==

If you want to use global precompiled packages of python-gdal and python-lxml:

{{{
sudo apt-get install \
    build-essential \
    git-core \
    libproj-dev \
    libproj0 \
    postgresql-8.4-postgis \
    postgresql-server-dev-8.4 \
    python-distribute  \
    python-gdal \
    python-lxml \
    python-virtualenv \
    python2.6 \
    python2.6-dev \
    subversion \
    unzip \
    wget || exit 1
}}}

Or if you prefer to build them from source, you'll need:

{{{
sudo apt-get install \
    build-essential \
    git-core \
    libgdal1-dev \
    libggdal \
    libproj-dev \
    libproj0 \
    libxml2 \
    libxml2-dev \
    libxslt \
    libxslt-dev \
    postgresql-8.4-postgis \
    postgresql-server-dev-8.4 \
    python-distribute  \
    python-virtualenv \
    python2.6 \
    python2.6-dev \
    subversion \
    unzip \
    wget
}}}

== Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) ==

If you want to use global precompiled packages of python-gdal and python-lxml:

{{{
apt-get install python2.6 \
    python2.6-dev \
    python-virtualenv \
    python-distribute  \
    build-essential \
    git-core \
    subversion \
    postgresql-8.4-postgis \
    python-gdal \
    python-lxml \
    libproj0 \
    libproj-dev \
    unzip \
    wget \
    python-psycopg2
}}}

Or if you prefer to build them from source, you'll need:

{{{
sudo apt-get install python2.6 \
    python2.6-dev \
    python-virtualenv \
    python-distribute  \
    build-essential \
    git-core \
    subversion \
    postgresql-8.4-postgis \
    libgdal1-1.6.0 \
    libgdal1-dev \
    libxml2 libxml2-dev \
    libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev \
    libproj0 \
    unzip \
    wget \
    libproj-dev 
}}}

== Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) ==

If you want to use global precompiled packages of python-gdal and python-lxml:

{{{

sudo apt-get install python2.7 \
    python2.6-dev \
    python-virtualenv \
    python-distribute  \
    build-essential \
    git-core \
    subversion \
    postgresql-8.4-postgis \
    python-gdal \
    python-lxml \
    libproj0 \
    libproj-dev \
    unzip \
    wget \
    python-psycopg2

}}}

Or if you prefer to build them from source, you'll need:

{{{
sudo apt-get install python2.7 \
    python2.7-dev \
    python-virtualenv \
    python-distribute  \
    build-essential \
    git-core \
    subversion \
    postgresql-8.4-postgis \
    libgdal1-1.6.0 \
    libgdal1-dev \
    libxml2 libxml2-dev \
    libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev \
    libproj0 \
    unzip \
    wget \
    libproj-dev
}}}

== Mac OS X ==

Using [http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2010/02/17/quick-install-pythonpostgis-geo-stack-on-snow-leopard/ Homebrew]

Using [http://macports.org MacPorts]: 

{{{
port install git-core postgresql83 postgis gdal libxml2 libxslt
}}}

Then you need to set up postgresql:

* create the directory /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb/
 (`sudo mkdir -p /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb`)
 
* set up the postgres user as per the directions at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/postgres-user.html.
 (NOTE: be sure to set NFSHomeDirectory to /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/, NOT /usr/local/pgsql/data)
 
* run `sudo chown -R postgres:postgres /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83`
 
* init the database by running `sudo su postgres -c '/opt/local/lib/
  postgresql83/bin/initdb -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb'`
 
* add /opt/local/lib/postgresql83/bin/ to your $PATH
 
* don't forget to start up postgres! `sudo su postgres -c 'pg_ctl
  start -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb/`
 
* optionally you can setup a log file owned by postgres and use the
  -l option of pg_ctl


== Fedora 15 (Lovelock) ==

{{{
sudo yum install python-devel \
    python-setuptools \
    python-lxml \
    gdal-python \
    git \
    geos \
    proj \
    proj-devel \
    postgresql \
    postgresql-devel \
    postgis \
    gdal \
    gdal-devel \
    libxml2-devel \
    libxslt \
    libxslt-devel
}}}

thanks agabel for submitting the fedora package list!