Re: Installing PostGreSQL automatically

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documentation seems to be out of date...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@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Harald Armin Massa
Sent: 23 May 2006 08:43 AM
To: Greg
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.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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