Installing PostGis on MAC

1. Install Homebrew
2. brew install postgis
3. If it fails due to permission issue:

• sudo chown -R “$USER”:admin /usr/local to affect every sub directory of local or you can only mention the directory pointed by Homebrew

4. Login: psql -U postgres -h localhost -d gis

• Here gis is the database to which I want to add Postgis capabilities

5. `CREATE EXTENSION postgis;`

6. Login to pgAdmin GUI software to check the functions and views added to this DB! These are all geospatial functions.

References:

• http://morphocode.com/how-to-install-postgis-on-mac-os-x/

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