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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Mary,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Unfortuantely I don't have a 8.3 handy around to test with at
the moment though I will soon. The libiconv-2.dll is sometimes present and
sometimes not and the installer should skip it if its already present.
I'll double check to make sure we didn't mess that up when packaging last.
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Regarding the </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><A
href="http://ftp.postgresql.org/pb/projects/pgFoundry/stackbuilder/postgis-pg83-setup-1.5.3-2.exe">http://ftp.postgresql.org/pb/projects/pgFoundry/stackbuilder/postgis-pg83-setup-1.5.3-2.exe</A></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I'll check with Dave Page on that. That one is
a distribution network issue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012> <FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Regarding using 8.3 verses a newer version of
PostgreSQL. We build the windows installers for 1.5 for 8.4,9.0, and
9.1 as well so not wanting to move to 2.0 shouldn't stop you from using
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>a newer version of PostgreSQL. I would at least go with
8.4 since 8.3 will be out of support in a year or less and I don't recall there
being any issues with going from 8.3 to 8.4</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>You would simply just restore your backup on the new
PostgreSQL 8.4 and things should just work (if you had the same 1.5 on your old
machine)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>You might have to run the 1.5 minor upgrade script but that
should be all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>BTW: we also have the 1.5.4 binaries up too -- <A
href="http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/#windbinaries">http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/#windbinaries</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>But we haven't finished packaging the installers yet. To
use the binaires, you just need to extract the files into your PostgreSQL
install folder and run the batch script with the relevant
settings.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hope that helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Regina</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740360008-14052012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.postgis.us">http://www.postgis.us</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
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[mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Mary O'Brien<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 14, 2012 3:41 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [postgis-users] error
with installation of postgis1.5 on Windows 7- please help<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to install postGIS on Windows 7 and keep getting
an installation error.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>“Error opening file for writing: C:\Program Files
(x86)\PostgresQL\8.3\bin\libiconv-2.dll”</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The file libiconv-2.dll exists at this location.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I’ve installed postgresql8.3
(postgresql-8.3.18-1-windows.exe) and now installing postgis1.3 or 1.4 or 1.5
(I’ve tried them all) from the Application Stack Builder, and each time get
the error “ Failed to open <A
href="http://ftp.postgresql.org/pb/projects/pgFoundry/stackbuilder/postgis-pg83-setup-1.5.3-2.exe">http://ftp.postgresql.org/pb/projects/pgFoundry/stackbuilder/postgis-pg83-setup-1.5.3-2.exe</A>
Error: The file does not exist”</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>So I’ve downloaded the postgis installer
postgis-pg83-setup-1.5.3-2.exe and tied to install this separately. I then get
the error “Error opening file for writing: C:\Program files
(x86)\PostgresQL\8.3\bin\libiconv-2.dll”</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I’m running the installers as Administrator (using the
right click/ Run as Administrator option in Windows 7.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I’ve also tried logging in with administrator login and
installing – again the same errors.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I’m installing postgres8.3 and postgis1.5 as this is what I
had running on my old machine, and I’m trying to replicate. The metadata seems
to be stored in views not tables within the new postgresql 9.1 – not what I
want at the moment.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Has anyone experienced this?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Any ideas on why the install keeps erroring?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Your help much appreciated.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Mary</P>
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