Re: installing postgres on win Me...

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:49:42AM +0100, riki wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote in message
> news:20061218091853(dot)GA5173(at)svr2(dot)hagander(dot)net(dot)(dot)(dot)
> > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:52:27AM +0100, riki wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> is it possible to install postgres ver 8.1.4 on windows Me FAT32
> >> partition?
> >> if so, how?
> >> on the second step of installation after i choose language i get error
> >> message "Failed to create process: 2!".
> >> Win Me are freshly installed.
> >
> > No. WinME is not a supported environment. You can run the client tools,
> > not the server. The installer is also not supported, so you will have to
> > either build from source or download the binaries without installer and
> > manually grab the external dependencies.
> >
> > //Magnus
>
> mucho thanks for tip.
> i've downloaded binaries noinstaller.
> is this kind of instalation complicated task?
> do i just copy/paste files or is it more to it?

For client-side it's mostly copy/paste, but you will also need to
download some dependency DLLs (such as OpenSSL and MIT Kerberos)
elsewhere, unless you already have them on your system.

//Magnus