Re: Installing postgres on win XP

"Dave Page" <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:04:13 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.win32
Message-ID <E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E4AC9988@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:[email protected]]=20
> Sent: 11 August 2005 15:01
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Installing postgres on win XP
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> Dave Page wrote:
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:[email protected]]=20
> > > Sent: 11 August 2005 14:47
> > > To: Dave Page
> > > Cc: Anup Bordia; [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Installing postgres on win XP
> > >=20
> > > Ah, seems I have to click on the _second_ file in the=20
> > > directory for this
> > > to work.  Can we make that file first or label is something like
> > > "install"?
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> > First/last is kinda dependent on how your copy of Winzip=20
> sorts the rows.
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> >=20
> > Besides, if you run the internal msi (the one with the -int on the
> > name), it should give you a message telling you to go run=20
> the other one
> > (it did on a quick test here). What do you see exactly?
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> The plain PostgreSQL-8.0, if run, says "The installation package could
> not be opened.  Verify that the package ...".  If I click on the
> PostgreSQL-8.0-int, the installer works.  This is a fresh download run
> from my desktop.
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> This is on XP Pro.=20=20

Sounds like it's already installed on your machine. If that is the case,
you can directly run the -int msi and it'll go into maintenance mode,
using the language option setup by the bootstrapper on the first
invocation. On a clean machine, you cannot run the -int msi - it'll fail
with an appropriate message telling you what to do.

Regards, Dave

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