[postgis-users] troubles installing PostGIS

[Geoffrey Fairchild]

Thanks for the help.  I hope my troubles will help you guys out.  :)

Geoff

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland <
mark.cave-ayland at siriusit.co.uk> wrote:

> Geoffrey Fairchild wrote:
>
>> Output folder: C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\postgis_installer
>> UserName=postgres
>> Password=**********
>> Port=5432
>> Checking for existing PostGIS installation...
>> Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin
>> Skipped: libiconv-2.dll
>> Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\doc\contrib
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\doc\contrib\html\postgis
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\jdbc
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\lib
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\share\contrib
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\share\contrib\postgis
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
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>> Output folder: C:\Program Files
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>> Creating template database...
>> Loading PLPGSQL language...
>> Loading PostGIS functions...
>> Create folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>> Menu\Programs\PostGIS 1.3.5 for PostgreSQL 8.3
>> Create shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>> Menu\Programs\PostGIS 1.3.5 for PostgreSQL 8.3\PostGIS 1.3.5
>> Documentation.lnk
>> Create shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>> Menu\Programs\PostGIS 1.3.5 for PostgreSQL 8.3\PostGIS 1.3.5 JDBC Driver
>> Documentation.lnk
>> Created uninstaller: C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\uninstall-postgis-pg83-1.3.5-1.exe
>> DataBase=postgis
>> Creating spatial database...
>> Completed
>>
>> Looks like everything besides the error worked just fine.  The log just
>> says "Skipped: libiconv-2.dll" in reference to the error.  In fact, I just
>> thought to open up the installer (thanks to 7-Zip), and I compared the 2
>> libiconv-2.dll files - the one in the PostgreSQL bin folder and the one in
>> the PostGIS bin folder.  The PostgreSQL file is larger (946kb vs 873kb) and
>> has a more recent last modified time (1/6/09 vs 12/16/08).  I'm guessing
>> that I want the newer copy anyway, so perhaps skipping over that file isn't
>> such a bad thing.  Why does PostGIS include that file in the first place if
>> it's included with PostgreSQL?
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>
>
> Hi Geoff,
>
> This is interesting; I remember I had a conversation about the libiconv DLL
> a while back, since the PostgreSQL installer used to install a really old
> version as libiconv2.dll, whereas MingW builds iconv as libiconv-2.dll (with
> the extra hyphen). The consensus at the time was that we should leave
> PostgreSQL to use libiconv2.dll and distribute our own libiconv-2.dll as
> part of the installer, but I guess this part has changed - I'll CC to Dave
> for comment, as I don't know which versions of the PostgreSQL installer
> contain this change.
>
> The reason that you see the error at the moment is, of course, because your
> current PostgreSQL instance already has the libiconv-2.dll file open for its
> own use.
>
>
>
> ATB,
>
> Mark.
>
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