Just installed PostgreSql and PostGIS over a brand new installation of Fedora 18. I did it this way:
sudo yum install postgresql postgresql-server postgrsql-contrib postgresql-devel pgadmin3
Once installed PostgreSql, I created the postgres user as usual.
Then, I installed PostGIS:
sudo yum install proj-devel gdal postgis
As a last step, I've created a new user (mydbuser) and a new db owned by that user:
psql -U postgres -W
CREATE DATABASE mydb OWNER mydbuser;
\q
createlang plpgsql mydb
Now, I've tried to execute the following line to use PostGIS on mydb:
psql -d mydb -U mydbuser -W -f /usr/share/pgsql/contrib/postgis-64.sql
but I get a long list of errors of the same type, this is the first line:
psql:/usr/share/pgsql/contrib/postgis-64.sql:7751: ERRORE: il tipo "geometry" non esiste
In English, the message is 'ERROR: "geometry" type does not exist'. I've also tried to execute the code as the postgres user, but nothing changed. Any ideas?
Diego