Thread: installing postgres on win Me...

installing postgres on win Me...

From
"riki"
Date:
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.
thanks



Re: installing postgres on win Me...

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
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

Re: installing postgres on win Me...

From
"riki"
Date:
"Magnus Hagander" <magnus@hagander.net> wrote in message
news:20061218091853.GA5173@svr2.hagander.net...
> 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?



Re: installing postgres on win Me...

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:49:42AM +0100, riki wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <magnus@hagander.net> wrote in message
> news:20061218091853.GA5173@svr2.hagander.net...
> > 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

Re: installing postgres on win Me...

From
"Raymond O'Donnell"
Date:
On 18 Dec 2006 at 12:08, Magnus Hagander wrote:

> 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.

If you have pgAdmin III installed - and I'd strongly recommend it,
it's a great tool - and add the program dir to your PATH, you should
have most of the needed DLLs available.

--Ray.


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Raymond O'Donnell
Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Galway, Ireland
rod@iol.ie
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Re: installing postgres on win Me...

From
"riki"
Date:
""Raymond O'Donnell"" <rod@iol.ie> wrote in message
news:45867D78.27076.46290F@rod.iol.ie...
> On 18 Dec 2006 at 12:08, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> If you have pgAdmin III installed - and I'd strongly recommend it,
> it's a great tool - and add the program dir to your PATH, you should
> have most of the needed DLLs available.
>
> --Ray.

i have it on my XP machine. it is great tool indeed.
i'll try to install it on winMe also.