Re: Postgre Deployment and Installation options

J Ottery wrote:
> I am trying to distribute PostgreSQL with my applications but and need
> to simplify the installation procedure as much as possible for obvious
> reasons.
>
> Installing it to Windows environments only.
>
> Currently I prompt the end user to just start the postgre-8.3.msi
> install from an icon.
>
> This however requires them to enter a password of MY choosing (at
> minimum) and also to uncheck the "Launch Stack Builder" check box
> (which I don't want them to install).
>
> I know these steps are simple but am dealing with sub-simple people
> here and I want to avoid having to provide un-necessry support.
>
> Question is: Can the Installation/Setup procedure be configured so
> they don't have to do these steps, or even so that they don't see any
> dialog windows at all?
>
> Are there command line options or utilities to install it in a Windows
> environment that will serve this purpose?

Did you read
http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html ?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe