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README instructions for Ubuntu Linux are missing build-essentials package which installs make and add git which is missing #662

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@rjurney

I want to alter the README to fix a problem in the Ubuntu install isntructions. The README installations instructions for Libpostal do not work on the Ubuntu Docker Hub image ubuntu:22.04. There is


My country is

US of A!


Here's how I'm using libpostal

I used it for address parsing on billions of addresses on PySpark and to subsequently perform geospatial analyses to construct a business knowledge graph of 3 billion nodes and 2.2 billion edges. I've been an enthusiast ever since! Now I use it for entity resolution in general.


Here's what I did

I am building a Libpotal Dockerfile. I ran the ubuntu:22.04 image and tried the Libpostal install instructions:

# Start from a Jupyter Docker Stacks version
# FROM continuumio/anaconda3:2024.02-1
FROM ubuntu:22.04

# Install system dependencies
RUN apt update && \
    apt upgrade -y && \
    apt install curl build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gmake git -y && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Install Libpostal - a C library for parsing/normalizing street addresses around the world
RUN git clone https://github.com/openvenues/libpostal.git && \
    cd libpostal && \
    ./bootstrap.sh && \
    ./configure --datadir=/tmp --disable-sse2 MODEL=senzing && \
    make -j12 && \
    make install && \
    ldconfig

Here's what I got

First there is an exception because git is not installed.

Next there is a build error because make is not found. I searched and it isn't in the image.

7.594 /bin/sh: 1: make: not found

Here's what I was expecting

  1. I expect to be able to clone git from the build instructions for Ubuntu.
  2. I expect make to build Libpostal :) I tried the --disable-dependency-tracking option it suggested and it still doesn't work.


Here's what I think could be improved

I am going to patch the README in a PR to fix these problems.

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