Re: Windows Installer Bug (Probably)

You must add ...\PostgreSQL\8.1\bin\ to PATH manually and restart

;)

On 12/16/05, Ilias Goudaropoulos <ig(at)freemail(dot)gr> wrote:
>
> I am writing to you all just to inform you of a bug(probably), that I
> came across while trying to install PostgreSQL 8.1.0-2 and 8.1.1-1 on
> WinXP with SP2, using the PostgreSQL installer.
>
> I had done a windows clean install and then installed straight away
> PostgreSQL 8.0.4. It was the only software installed on windows and
> worked perfectly. After a day or two, I noticed that the PostgreSQL
> 8.1.0-2 was released. I decided two uninstall PostgreSQL 8.0.4 and
> install the new 8.1.0-2 version.
>
> So I did, using the following unistall procedure:
>
> 1. I unistalled PostgreSQL 8.0.4 form the control panel in the usual
> manner that all windows application are uninstalled.
> 2. I used the Computer Management program of the Administrative Tools
> of windows and deleted the PostgreSQL user that had been created during
> the installation of PostgreSQL 8.0.4.
> 3. Finally, I removed all garbage left by the uninstaller in the
> registry.
> 4. I restarted windows.
>
> I have to stress that I did not have any other software installed on
> windows at the moment and I had the Windows firewall service disabled.
>
> So I tried to install the new version 8.1.0-2 but got an error. I tried
> at least 15 times and I always got the same error. The error was
> manifesting itself during the installation as follows:
>
> ************************************************************
> During the "Activating procedural languages" installation
> part, I get:
>
> "Failed to connect to the database. Procedural
> languages files are installed, but are not activated in
> any databases."
>
> When I press OK it continues and I get:
>
> "server closed the connection unexpectedly
> This probably means the server terminated
> abnormally before or while processing the request."
>
> When I press OK again, it continues and I get:
>
> "Failed to connect to the 'template1' database. Contrib
> files are installed, but are not activated in any databases."
>
> Pressing OK for a final time gives me this:
>
> "could not send startup packet: Connection reset by
> peer (0x00002746/10054)"
> **************************************************************
>
> I uninstalled the 8.1.0-2 PostgreSQL which was not working and I tried
> to install again the 8.0.4, as someone in the novice mailing list
> suggested. The 8.0.4 installer worked fine and I had PostgreSQL 8.0.4
> up and running in no time.
>
> Then I uninstalled 8.0.4 and tried to install 8.1.0-2 for a last time.
> The same errors appeared once again.
>
> *************************************************************
> If that is not a bizzare behaviour of the installer, what is?
> *************************************************************
>
> The same problem appeared when some people I know tried to install
> PostgreSQL 8.1.0-2 as well. But they did not have the time nor the
> inclination to make this known to the public by posting to the mailing
> lists. I have no feedback of the same people trying the 8.1.1-1
> version. I believe they have not tried it yet.
>
> Now that PostgreSQL 8.1.1-1 is out, I decided to test my luck again.
> I repeated the whole procedure and I got exactly the same erros that
> manifested when trying to install 8.1.0-2. I uninstalled and I tried
> to install 8.0.4. That went ok again and I did not have any problems.
> All the problems appear whenever I try to install any version after the
> 8.0.4.
>
> As someone suggested, these errors indicate a proper install where the
> server crashes after install. That is exactly what happens.
>
> Another strange thing is that when the first error prompt appears, if I
> look for any log files, I can not find any. Maybe that is because that
> error appears after the installation of the core engine. I domt know.
>
> But! That bizzare behaviour does not manifest itself when using the
> installers of versions of PostgreSQL prior to 8.1.x.
>
> For all versions of PostgreSQL that I have successfully installed so far
> (8.0.4 and all others prior to that), I used the folder "C:\Program
> Files\Postgresql\" for the PostgrerSQL files and the folder "D:\DBASES\"
> for the database files. I tried the default folders as well but it did
> not make any difference. At any unistallation I delete the folder
> D:\DBASES manually. All other folders are deleted automatically by the
> unistaller.
>
> Can anybody please help?
> It is very annoying not to be able to use the DB.
>
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