[postgis-users] postgis install error in windows

[Gustavo Ces]

Hi all,

    sorry for this off-topic! In the end was a windows permissions problem, 
not an installer one.
Now it´s solved. You only have to grant permissions in windows manually.

Gus



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustavo Ces" <g.ces at pettra.es>
To: "PostGIS Users Discussion" <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [postgis-users] postgis install error in windows


> Hi Mark,
>
>    yes, it´s a windows file permissions problem. But i´m the administrator 
> so i don´t know... Googling i've found there´re problems with read only 
> attribute in windows xp ( but it nevers was a problem until now).  You 
> can´t change read-only attribute with some folders ... But it´s not a 
> problem for windows to delete that read-only folders ( well, sometimes 
> yes). I can delete postgresql installation folder but can´t write files 
> into the same folder...
>
> But what i can´t understand is what is different  now : i have installed 
> previous version of both postgresql and postgis and never had this issue. 
> Maybe something have changed in postgresql install method? I´ll search in 
> postgresql forum...
>
> And other problem is, why can´t  i find any other info about this topic in 
> Inet? It seems a problem in my computer... Any examples of successfull 
> installation of postgresql 8.3.3.1 with postgis 1.3.3 or 1.3.2 will be 
> welcomed! :)
>
> I´ll try to install postigs in other computer this afternoon...
>
> Gus
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Cave-Ayland" <mark.cave-ayland at siriusit.co.uk>
> To: "PostGIS Users Discussion" <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] postgis install error in windows
>
>
>> Gustavo Ces wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>  i´m trying to upgrade my postgresql version ( it was 8.2) in windows , 
>>> so i' ve downloaded and installed postgresql 8.3. When i try to install 
>>> postgis 1.3.3 with the Application Stack Builder and after downloading 
>>> the postgis installer, appears an error
>>>  "Error opening file for writing" ( see jpg)
>>>  everytime it wants to copy a file to the install_folder.
>>> I was changed the directory name, i have downloaded postgis installation 
>>> files from pgFoundry, i have changed to postgis 1.3.2 but nothing works.
>>> Any help?
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>  Gus
>>
>>
>> Hi Gus,
>>
>> It almost looks like it's just a simple file permissions problem. Are you 
>> running the installer as an administrator, and does the administrator 
>> user have the correct file permissions on the relevant directories?
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>> -- 
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