Обсуждение: BUG #3953: No PostGIS option in installer
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3953 Logged by: Rob von Nesselrode Email address: robvon@austarnet.com.au PostgreSQL version: 8.3 Operating system: WIndows XP Description: No PostGIS option in installer Details: That it! No PostGIS option in installer.... Doco for install is still 8.1
On Feb 11, 2008 10:22 PM, Rob von Nesselrode <robvon@austarnet.com.au> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: 3953 > Logged by: Rob von Nesselrode > Email address: robvon@austarnet.com.au > PostgreSQL version: 8.3 > Operating system: WIndows XP > Description: No PostGIS option in installer > Details: > > That it! No PostGIS option in installer.... No. You can use Stackbuilder to install it now - it's installed by default with 8.3. > Doco for install is still 8.1 Not as far as I can see. Are you sure you're not looking at an old URL or shortcut? -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Oracle-compatible database company
Anybody got a meaningful response from EnterpriseDB on this one? I just installed EnterpriseDB Advanced Server 8.3 on Windows using EDB;s MSI installer. Despite all the claims on the EDB website about built-in PostGIS support, PostGIS does not appear to be installed by default with EDB 8.3, unlike EDB 8.2. I'm hoping to use EDB 8.3 for a demo project, but I don't want my users to have to install/compile PostGIS themselves, so is there an EDB 8.3 Windows variant that actually does what it's supposed to and installs PostGIS support automatically? Thanks for any advice! Chris -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/BUG--3953%3A-No-PostGIS-option-in-installer-tp15428856p16648700.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - bugs mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 2:24 PM, ChrisWebster <cwebster@tyadar.co.uk> wrote: > > Anybody got a meaningful response from EnterpriseDB on this one? I'm unclear why you think this would get a response from EnterpriseDB? The reported bug was that there is no PostGIS option in the PostgreSQL 8.3 installer, which is correct - it's been made into a StackBuilder component. > I just installed EnterpriseDB Advanced Server 8.3 on Windows using EDB;s > MSI installer. Despite all the claims on the EDB website about built-in > PostGIS support, PostGIS does not appear to be installed by default with EDB > 8.3, unlike EDB 8.2. Are you sure that is what you installed? Advanced Server doesn't use an MSI installer, it has an InstallShield Java based one. The standard server from EnterpriseDB (known now as Postgres Plus) does use an MSI installer - perhaps you have that? > I'm hoping to use EDB 8.3 for a demo project, but I don't want my users to > have to install/compile PostGIS themselves, so is there an EDB 8.3 Windows > variant that actually does what it's supposed to and installs PostGIS > support automatically? Both Postgres Plus and Postgres Plus Advanced Server ship with PostGIS on all platforms. In the Advanced Server product it's in a directory called 'spatial' under the installation directory (if memory serves - I don't work with AS much). On the standard product it's installed automatically in the main directory tree for the server. If you definitely are working with an EnterpriseDB product, and not community Postgres which this thread started out about, a better place to ask questions would be the EnterpriseDB forums: http://forums.enterprisedb.com/forums/list.page -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
Thanks for the clarification, Dave. I posted the question here because this was the only place I could find where there already seemed to be a relevant discussion, but now I know about the EDB forum that's obviously a much better place. In terms of the problem, I downloaded the EDB AS 8.3 installer (not MSI - you're right of course) from your website yesterday and went through the installation process several times, trying various combinations of options or accepting all the default options. PostGIS simply did not install and I couldn't even find it in the folders. Obviously there's something fishy going on there, but maybe it's something to do with my setup, although given the simplicity of the installer it would seem that there are only a limited number of places where I could screw it up! In the meantime, I've gone back to EDB AS 8.2, which clearly gives you the option of installing PostGIS during the installation process. Works for me, anyway. To be honest, I think the idea of having the option to install various components, including PostGIS, as in 8.2, makes for a better and more flexible installer. You can still go for the defaults if required, but at least you have a little more room to tailor your installation and investigate any problems. Maybe your other users might appreciate this flexibility? Thanks again for your help. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/BUG--3953%3A-No-PostGIS-option-in-installer-tp15428856p16656751.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - bugs mailing list archive at Nabble.com.