Re: BUG #5667: install failure

Roedy replied only to me, not to the list, so I'm reproducing his post
verbatim below. Sorry about the top-post, but I want to preserve his
reply intact.

Roedy: please use "reply all" so others can benefit from the discussion too.

Roedy notes in his mail that "I use the Take Command command interpreter
from JPSoft to launch the exe". Presumably the installer executable,
though it'd be nice to confirm this.

I'm wondering if Take Command might be messing up the environment,
possibly in a way that's causing vbs execution to fail.

A good start would be to take this Take Command software out of the
equation completely and see if the problem can still be reproduced.
Roedy: please try running the installer directly from the normal Windows
shell, or preferably on a machine without Take Command on it, and see if
you can reproduce the problem.

On 21/09/2010 1:53 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On 2010-09-20 10:20 PM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>> On 21/09/2010 4:49 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>>
>>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>>
>>> Bug reference: 5667
>>> Logged by: Roedy Green
>>> Email address: roedyg(at)mindprod(dot)com
>>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.0.
>>> Operating system: Windows 7, 64 bit
>>> Description: install failure
>>> Details:
>>>
>>> I executed postgresql-9.0.0-1-windows_x64.exe
>>> It died with a message:
>>>
>>> "An error occured executing VC++ runtime installer."
>>>
>>> I had similar problems with version 8. People gave me various things to
>>> try. None of it worked. I gave up on PostgresSQL. I decided to try again
>>> with v 9.0.0.
>>>
>>> I would really like it you stopped using this flaky installer.
>>
>> One might perhaps question whether your system has a part in the flakiness.
>> Your experience is unusual, not the norm, and there is something odd going on
>> with your machine if the VC++ runtime won't install.
>
> It is a quite vanilla machine. About the only thing that could be a problem is
> having some older VC++ runtimes installed. When I was discussing this before,
> people seemed to think the problems I was having were common, though for some
> reason mine were intractable. I just thought of something else unusual. I use
> the Take Command command interpreter from JPSoft to launch the exe. Since there
> are no scripts, I don't see how that would give trouble.
>
>
>
>>
>> I don't see your name in my local mailing list archives, but they only go back
>> some 3 months. A Google search and an online archives search for your name and
>> "runtime installer" doesn't find anything relevant. Can you provide a link to
>> your previous question(s) in the archives so we can get some background on
>> this issue?
>
> I'm sorry I don't remember. I would have simply googled PostgresSQL Forum and
> asked there. The behaviour I am getting now seems the same as I got with
> version 8.
>
>>
>>
>>
>> It'd also help to know:
>>
>>
>>
>> - If you run the installer from the command line as:
>>
>> postgresql-9.0.0-1-windows.exe --install_runtimes 0
>>
>> does it install without error?
>
> I get much further, however it still fails.
>
> [A screenshot is included at this point of a Pg error dialog reporting:]
>
> "Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly. The database cluster initialisation failed."
>>
>>
>>
>> - If the VC++ runtime installer executes successfully when run stand-
>> alone? You can unpack the VC++ runtime installer by running the Pg
>> installer as:
>>
>> postgresql-9.0.0-1-windows.exe --extract-only 1 --prefix "%TEMP%\pg9"
>>
>> Now you can open an Administrator-rights cmd.exe window by hitting
>> Start, entering "command", waiting until "command prompt" appears,
>> right-clicking on it and choosing "run as administrator". Into the
>> cmd.exe window that appears enter:
>>
>> cd "%TEMP%\pg9\installer"
>> dir
>
>
>>
>> You'll see the Visual C++ runtime installer (vcredist) and the
>> vbscript used to invoke it.
>>
>> Run the vbcscript by typing "install" and pressing tab, pressing
>> space, typing "vcredist" and pressing tab, then pressing enter.
>>
>> You should get a message saying vcredist is being installed, a
>> progress bar, then a message saying it installed successfully.
>>
>
> I have not tried this yet. I gather I was only supposed to do it the installer
> succeeded.
>
>
>> - If you have a virus scanner or software firewall on your system.
> no. I just run defender in batch mode.
>
>>
>>
>> - If you have the same problem on a clean Windows 7 install, prior to adding a
>> virus scanner or other local software. I realise this might not be practical
>> for you to test, but it'd be useful for diagnostic purposes
> I dread that. It takes days to get everything tweaked again. Would a safe-mode
> install help?
>
>
>
>

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