# Install postgis with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper Adds support for geographic objects to PostgreSQL. Version 3.6.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:postgis ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install postgis ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install postgis ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: databases/postgis/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add postgis ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgis from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install postgis ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: postgis from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install postgis ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: postgis from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S postgis ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: postgis from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install postgresql14-postgis ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: postgresql14-postgis from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:postgis - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.6.4 - **Source summary:** Adds support for geographic objects to PostgreSQL - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:38:02+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - create_upgrade.pl (cli) - pgsql2shp (cli) - pgtopo_export (cli) - pgtopo_import (cli) - postgis (cli) - postgis_restore (cli) - profile_intersects.pl (cli) - raster2pgsql (cli) - shp2pgsql (cli) - test_estimation.pl (cli) - test_geography_estimation.pl (cli) - test_geography_joinestimation.pl (cli) - test_joinestimation.pl (cli) - create_upgrade.pl (alias) - pgsql2shp (alias) - pgtopo_export (alias) - pgtopo_import (alias) - postgis (alias) - postgis_restore (alias) - profile_intersects.pl (alias) - raster2pgsql (alias) - shp2pgsql (alias) - test_estimation.pl (alias) - test_geography_estimation.pl (alias) - test_geography_joinestimation.pl (alias) - test_joinestimation.pl (alias) ## Dependencies - gdal - geos - gettext - icu4c@78 - json-c - libpq - libxml2 - pcre2 - proj - protobuf-c - sfcgal ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - postgresql@17 - postgresql@18 ## Uses from macOS - perl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.6.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://postgis.net/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for postgis. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** postgis - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - postgis - 3.5.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: postgis from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL | https://postgis.net/ - Debian apt - postgis-doc - 3.5.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: postgis-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL -- documentation | https://postgis.net/ - Debian apt - postgresql-17-postgis-3 - 3.5.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: postgresql-17-postgis-3 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL 17 | https://postgis.net/ - Debian apt - postgresql-17-postgis-3-scripts - 3.5.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: postgresql-17-postgis-3-scripts from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL 17 -- SQL scripts | https://postgis.net/ - Debian apt - postgresql-postgis - 3.5.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: postgresql-postgis from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL -- Metapackage | https://postgis.net/ - Debian apt - postgresql-postgis-scripts - 3.5.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: postgresql-postgis-scripts from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL -- SQL scripts metapackage | https://postgis.net/ - Ubuntu apt - postgis - 3.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: postgis from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL | https://postgis.net/ - Ubuntu apt - postgis-doc - 3.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: postgis-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL -- documentation | https://postgis.net/ - Ubuntu apt - postgresql-16-postgis-3 - 3.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: postgresql-16-postgis-3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL 16 | https://postgis.net/ - Ubuntu apt - postgresql-16-postgis-3-scripts - 3.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: postgresql-16-postgis-3-scripts from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL 16 -- SQL scripts | https://postgis.net/ - Ubuntu apt - postgresql-postgis - 3.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: postgresql-postgis from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL -- Metapackage | https://postgis.net/ - Ubuntu apt - postgresql-postgis-scripts - 3.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: postgresql-postgis-scripts from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL -- SQL scripts metapackage | https://postgis.net/ - apk - postgis - 3.6.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgis from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | spatial database extender for PostgreSQL object-relational database | https://postgis.net/ - apk - postgis-doc - 3.6.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgis-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | spatial database extender for PostgreSQL object-relational database (documentation) | https://postgis.net/ - dnf - postgis - 3.6.4-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: postgis from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres | https://www.postgis.net - pacman - postgis - 3.6.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: postgis from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A spatial database extender for PostgreSQL | https://postgis.net/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [gdal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdal/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [geos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geos/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libpq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpq/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libxml2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxml2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pcre2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [postgresql@17](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/postgresql-17/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [postgresql@18](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/postgresql-18/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [osm2pgrouting](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/osm2pgrouting/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [dexter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dexter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql. - [doltgres](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doltgres/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql. - [geoserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geoserver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [h3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/h3/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [imposm3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imposm3/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, postgresql. - [kitchen-sync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kitchen-sync/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql. - [lazysql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lazysql/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql. - [mapserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mapserver/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, gdal, geos, geospatial. - [mapnik](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mapnik/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, gdal, geospatial, gis. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/postgis.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/postgis.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph