Re: POSTGRES ISSUES

Myke,

Removing the postgres user altogether might work. Not sure of windows, but
I used to get that error on Mac and removing postgres user worked for me.

++pgsql-admin

On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 7:57 PM Doug Easterbrook <doug(at)artsman(dot)com> wrote:

> I might just say that this advice is a little harsh.
>
> I’ve never had any problem with enterprise DB’s Postgres installers for
> windows. if you have your machine generally up todate with latest patches
> and you are using 64 bit OS like win 2008 server, 2012 server 2016 server,
> 2019 server, win 81. or win 10 — it basically installs out the gate.
>
> I’ve never fussed with it. I’ve ben buil my on installers around it
> .. The only parameters I give to the postgres install package are
>
> --mode unattended --superpassword [myPassword] --servicepassword
> [myPassword]
>
>
>
> and its hardly more stock than that. [myPassword]. is a password of my
> choosing. read about the parameters using —help as the installer
> parameters.
>
> *Doug Easterbrook*
> *Arts Management Systems Ltd.*
> mailto:doug(at)artsman(dot)com <doug(at)artsman(dot)com>
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>
> On September 22, 2019, at 4:21 AM, Andreas Steinel <a(dot)steinel(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Myke,
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 12:54 PM Myke Ndungu <mykendoch(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hello there im in windows trying to install both postreSQL 11 a and
>> Pgadmin 4 but without good progress.
>> im keeping on receiving an error "database cluster not initialized" have
>> used all the solutions eg
>> adding postgres in computer management and giving it full rights on the
>> security properties section in postgreSQL file folder though during
>> reinstallation its telling me to chose another directory to upgrade the
>> current application.
>> i also tried to install afresh postgres using the command prompt still
>> not yet
>> ALSO INCLUDED THE POSTGRES PATH IN THE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE still not
>> working
>> Advise from there please
>>
>
> Yes, Windows and PostgreSQL are not the best friends and that's OK.
> Why don't you just go down the Docker route and stop trying to use Windows
> for PostgreSQL.
> There is no easier method to get started with both than Docker.
>
> --
> With kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Andreas Steinel
> M.Sc. Visual Computing
> M.Sc. Informatik
>
>
>

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