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PostGIS 2.1 was recently released and I would really like to upgrade from 2.0, but can't quite figure it out. I had previously installed PostgreSQL 9.2 and PostGIS 2.0 using StackBuilder. Running SELECT PostGIS_full_version();, shows I currently have the following install base:

"POSTGIS="2.0.3 r11132" GEOS="3.3.8-CAPI-1.7.8" PROJ="Rel. 4.8.0, 6 March 2012" GDAL="GDAL 1.9.2, released 2012/10/08" LIBXML="2.7.8" LIBJSON="UNKNOWN" TOPOLOGY RASTER"

So I downloaded the tar.gz file, and after uncompressing it, where do I copy the new 2.1 folders/files so that I can do a "soft upgrade" using the ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPDATE TO "2.1.0"; method?

Or am I missing additional intermediate steps, too?

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Have you downloaded the correct file? This might be what you are looking for:

http://winnie.postgis.net/download/windows/pg92/buildbot/postgis-pg92-binaries-2.1.0w32.zip

Or the 64-bit version, of course.

From the README.txt

-- Upgrading extension -- To upgrade an extension, it's just as easy. If you are using PgAdmin, go to the extensions section and the postgis / postgis_topology. Select the version drop down and bump what you have currently to the latest.

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    Or, in SQL: ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPDATE TO "2.1.0"
    – Arthur
    Aug 23, 2013 at 16:23
  • Thank you! I figured I had the wrong download, but couldn't find the right binaries to download for Windows. Copied the files over from that location and upgraded very easily with ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPDATE TO "2.1.0";.
    – RyanKDalton
    Aug 24, 2013 at 2:20

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