Thread: Beta3 windows installer wont install

I've just downloaded the zipped msi file from
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/pgadmin3/beta/

pgAdmin III 1.4 Beta3 windows installer won't install anything.
No use if I set the target path to an existent or to a simpler one.
XP pro, v2002 Hungarian, SP2, with pgAdmin III v1.2 already installed.
Yes, I have administration rights over the system I'm trying to install on.

Sy please see what's wrong.
Thx
dueyduey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
> Oriza Triznyák
> Sent: 20 October 2005 13:39
> To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> Subject: [pgadmin-support] Beta3 windows installer wont install
>
> I've just downloaded the zipped msi file from
> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/pgadmin3/beta/
>
> pgAdmin III 1.4 Beta3 windows installer won't install anything.
> No use if I set the target path to an existent or to a simpler one.
> XP pro, v2002 Hungarian, SP2, with pgAdmin III v1.2 already installed.
> Yes, I have administration rights over the system I'm trying
> to install on.
>
> Sy please see what's wrong.

Can you send an installer log please? Use something like the following to create one:

msiexec /i pgadmin3.msi /l*v pgadmin-install.log

Regards, Dave.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dueyduey.freemail@gmail.com
> [mailto:dueyduey.freemail@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Oriza Triznyák
> Sent: 21 October 2005 17:26
> To: Dave Page
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Beta3 windows installer wont install
>
> > Can you confirm a little about your system please? The log
> implies that
> > Windows is installed on D:, yet you are installing to
> C:\Program files?
> > Is that right?
>
> No. Windows is in c:\WINDOWS\
> See the attached file with the values of the environment variables.
> And I thought (but at this point I might be wrong) I had specified
> c:\pga3 as the installation target (which is actually the folder
> containing the msi file itself too, and also the current working dir
> when I issued the `msiexec /i pgadmin3.msi /l*v pgadmin-install.log'
> comand).

OK, it seems that you already have a broken/half installation in your installer database. The important lines in your
logfileare: 

MSI (c) (A4:F8) [15:58:26:086]: Product registered: entering maintenance mode
MSI (c) (10:D8) [22:06:30:757]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ProductState property. Its value is '5'.

The equivalent line when I run it here reads:

MSI (c) (10:D8) [22:06:30:757]: Product not registered: beginning first-time install
MSI (c) (10:D8) [22:06:30:757]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ProductState property. Its value is '-1'.

I think the best thing to do, is find thw Windows Installer SDK download on the Microsoft site, and from it, you can
usemsispy to see what is actually in the database (if you care!), and msizap (with the product code
{2105A2B2-94B8-4E21-9FF1-FC1D95B56DBC})to remove all pgAdmin related entries. 

Then, just re-run the installer (though I'd grab beta 3 now).

Regards, Dave.