From: | "Greg" <greg(at)officium(dot)co(dot)za> |
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To: | "'Harald Armin Massa'" <haraldarminmassa(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Installing PostGreSQL automatically |
Date: | 2006-06-05 12:22:56 |
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Hi Harald,
I have tried to install the database silently, according to that document
you gave me http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html but the
documentation seems to be out of date...
As the document specifies...
Normal none Normal interactive user installation
Reduced /qr No user interaction. "Full size" progress window including
progress descriptions.
Basic /qb No user interaction. Just a basic progressbar and not full
descriptions.
Silent /qn No user information at all.
Yet, these switches don't do what they say.
/qr - still requires user interaction
/qb - shows no progress bar, in fact it shows nothing. My hard drive light
flashes, but when finished, nothing is installed and the BASEDIR is still
empty!
Please help.
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Harald Armin Massa
Sent: 23 May 2006 08:43 AM
To: Greg
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Installing PostGreSQL automatically
Greg,
all the registry-entries are for "convenience", that is: to make it possible
for the installer to check if PostgreSQL is installed.
So to use PostgreSQL on Win32, simple distribute the files found within
<programs>PostgreSQL/8.1/ from a normal installation. ["normal"
is quite a challenge nontheless, as "normally" client & server libs are
distributed; together with PG-Admin in default installation]
Your challenge in not using the installer remains:
a) arranging the path correctly so that all libs are found
b) creating a user with appropriate privilges [in corporate environments
that is often better done by whatever user administration tool they use]
c) creating the service [check pg_ctl --help]
d) initialising the datadir (initdb --help)
I tried to went down that road because of problems with earlier
pg-installers (8.0.0 beta and before); and it was harder than it sounds, so
I moved back to the installer. I recommend to you to do the same - or report
back your sucess.
On http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/ you can find the source to the
installer; to recheck what exactly that MSI is doing; maybe Installshield is
even able to "include" the MSI definitions from there (they are made for the
"free" tools from MS to build installers)
Best wishes
Harald
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