Thread: Customizing the Windows installer

Hello.

We'd like to start deploying PostgreSQL to our customers. They run
primarily on Windows and are very low tech for the most part.

I need the install routine to do a number of things after install,
including creating a database and primary user.

I know that the 8.0 beta version for Windows had a GUI installer (I
want to say it was based on NSIS, but can't recall for sure). Is
this installer still available for 8.1, and if so, where may I find
the script that's used to create it (and potentially, instructions
for customizing ;))?

Thanks very much for your help.

John



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> Hello.
>
> We'd like to start deploying PostgreSQL to our customers.
> They run primarily on Windows and are very low tech for the most part.
>
> I need the install routine to do a number of things after
> install, including creating a database and primary user.
>
> I know that the 8.0 beta version for Windows had a GUI
> installer (I want to say it was based on NSIS, but can't
> recall for sure). Is this installer still available for 8.1,
> and if so, where may I find the script that's used to create
> it (and potentially, instructions for customizing ;))?

Certainly, though it's not based on NSIS - never was.

For instructions on how to run it silently, see
http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html.

For the source to the installer itself, look at
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/.

//Magnus