[postgis-users] Problems with installingpostgresql-8.0-beta1-postgis

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of
Christian Große Lordemann
> Sent: 01 October 2004 00:14
> To: postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> Subject: [postgis-users] Problems with
installingpostgresql-8.0-beta1-postgis
>
>
> Hi!
> I have tried to install postgresql-8.0-beta1-postgis, but when I come to
the step, where > I initialize the database cluster I get this error
message:
>
> Specified data directory is not empty.
> If you have an existing database with the same major version, you do not
need to initdb.
> If you have an existing database with a different major version, you need
to backup your > old database and create a new one.
>
> I had already installed one time postgresql-8.0-beta1-postgis but removed
it from my 
> system. Now it seems that after the removal the database is still there.
So my question 
> is, how could I remove all databases from my system, so that I can install
a fresh and 
> new version of postgresql-8.0-beta1-postgis, without taking over settings
I have made 
> during the first installation.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Christian


Hi Christian,

When you uninstall PostgreSQL using the installer then the data directory is
left intact, in case you wish to preserve your data. Simply delete the data
directory after running the installer, which can be found in the directory
into which you installed the database, and then re-run the installer.


Kind regards,

Mark.

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