Sam samuelestabrook

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

	# Some good references are:
	# http://russbrooks.com/2010/11/25/install-postgresql-9-on-os-x
	# http://www.paolocorti.net/2008/01/30/installing-postgis-on-ubuntu/
	# http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ch02.html#id2630392

	#1. Install PostgreSQL postgis and postgres

	#brew will install postgres and postgis using one formula
	brew install postgis
	initdb /usr/local/var/postgres

	#!/bin/python

	import sys
	import urllib2
	import xml.etree.cElementTree as ElementTree
	import simplejson as json
	from datetime import datetime
	import StringIO
	import gzip
	import time