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I've installed PostGIS (ver. 2.0.1) on my Mac using EnterpriseDB's StackBuilder, which I also used for my PostgreSQL (9.2.2) installation. Although StackBuilder says that PostGIS is now installed, and although I have a PostGIS directory in /usr/local/PostgreSQL/9.2/, it doesn't appear to be actually installed (see queries below).

gregory=# select postgis_full_version();
ERROR:  function postgis_full_version() does not exist
LINE 1: select postgis_full_version();
               ^
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.

gregory=# create extension postgis;
ERROR:  could not open extension control file "/usr/local/PostgreSQL/9.2/share/postgresql/extension/postgis.control": No such file or directory

and select * from pg_available_extensions; does not return a record for PostGIS.

Does anyone know what's up with this and how to get it to work?

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I think you need to load the postgis extension to your database like

CREATE EXTENSION postgis

or load these files to your query window and run them in database 

windows default: 
\Program files\Postgresql\8.4\share\contrib\postgis-2.0

postgis.sql
rtpostgis.sql
spatial_ref_sys.sql
topology.sql (if you want topology support)
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  • Command create extension postgis doesn't find what it needs to run (as noted in original post) and the PostGIS directory tree installed by StackBuilder contains no .sql files.
    – Gregory
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 14:03
  • Have you tried to search those files from hard disk ?
    – simpleuser001
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 14:09
  • I just found the following files. Should I run them all (except the uninstalls) and does order matter? legacy.sql postgis_comments.sql rtpostgis.sql spatial_ref_sys.sql topology_upgrade_20_minor.sql uninstall_rtpostgis.sql legacy_minimal.sql postgis_upgrade_20_minor.sql rtpostgis_legacy.sql topology.sql uninstall_legacy.sql uninstall_topology.sql postgis.sql raster_comments.sql rtpostgis_upgrade_20_minor.sql topology_comments.sql uninstall_postgis.sql
    – Gregory
    Commented Dec 19, 2012 at 23:06
  • in mentioned order
    – simpleuser001
    Commented Dec 20, 2012 at 8:04

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