GEO Version question from ec2setup.txt

[pjm4github]

Pete,

I am trying to build my own dstk server using the ec2setup.txt instructions.
I’m running Ubuntu 12.04 and have run into problems with configure – results below. It seems like there is something wrong with the TOPOLOGY support (or a version check issue??).

Is there some way to upgrade the GEOS version that I should use to continue? What will happen if I use the --without-topology switch?
Do I need to go through the configure script an patch it? Any insight you can provide would be useful.

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checking libxml/xpathInternals.h usability... yes
checking libxml/xpathInternals.h presence... yes
checking for libxml/xpathInternals.h... yes
checking for xmlInitParser in -lxml2... yes
checking for geos-config... /usr/bin/geos-config
checking GEOS version... 3.2.2
checking geos_c.h usability... yes
checking geos_c.h presence... yes
checking for geos_c.h... yes
checking for initGEOS in -lgeos_c... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue... no
checking for CFLocaleCopyCurrent... no
checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes
checking whether to use NLS... yes
checking where the gettext function comes from... libc
checking proj_api.h usability... yes
checking proj_api.h presence... yes
checking for proj_api.h... yes
checking for pj_get_release in -lproj... yes
checking json/json.h usability... yes
checking json/json.h presence... yes
checking for json/json.h... yes
checking for json_object_get in -ljson... yes
GUI: Build requested, checking for dependencies (GKT+2.0)
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.8.0... yes (version 2.24.10)
TOPOLOGY: Topology support requested
configure: error: Topology requires GEOS version >= 3.3.2. Use --without-topology or install a newer GEOS.
pjm@pjm-desktop:~/sources/postgis-2.0.3$

[pjm4github]

I tried to update the geo using this:

wget http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.3.8.tar.bz2
tar xjf geos-3.3.8.tar.bz2
cd geos-3.3.8
./configure
make
sudo make install

It compiled OK and created the correct library version 3.3.8 in /usr/local/lib but configure still complains.

Any suggestions where to look next?