how to install pytho-mapnik on debian jessie

[drzhouq]

I am not quite sure I can follow the README to get thing installed. I installed the mapnik from the debian repo using apt-get install. Then I tried to issue the command python setup.py install, I got error indicating the installation needs to connect to postgresql? Do we need a postgresql server installed first?

(geospatial) root@70e0cc697254:/python-mapnik# python setup.py install

• Already installed at /python-mapnik/mason_packages/headers/boost/1.63.0
• Linking /python-mapnik/mason_packages/headers/boost/1.63.0
• Links will be inside /python-mapnik/mason_packages/.link/
• Using bash fallback for symlinking (install lndir for faster symlinking)
• Done linking /python-mapnik/mason_packages/headers/boost/1.63.0 initdb: cannot be run as root Please log in (using, e.g., "su") as the (unprivileged) user that will own the server process. "root" execution of the PostgreSQL server is not permitted. The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent possible system security compromise. See the documentation for more information on how to properly start the server. createdb: could not connect to database template1: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/python-mapnik/local-unix-socket/.s.PGSQL.1111"? ....

[drzhouq]

never mind. Mason tool comes with a postgresql server and it cannot be launched under root. Close this issue.