[postgis-users] Windows installer conflict

Richard Greenwood richard.greenwood at gmail.com
Wed May 6 13:31:27 PDT 2009


On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Steffen Macke <sdteffen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
>> by the Application Stack Builder. It fails with "Error opening file
>> for writing: PostgreSQL\8.3\bin\libiconv-2.dll". If I stop postgres
>> the installer is able to write the DLL, but then fails because
>> postgres isn't running. Seems like a Catch-22, but maybe I'm missing
>> something?
>
> Simply ignore this error. As libiconv-2.dll is already installed with
> PostgreSQL now,
> there is no need for the PostGIS installer to install it again. The
> installer should
> offer you an "Ignore" button for this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steffen

Oh well now I should have thought of that myself! Thanks, I feel stupid.

Regards,
-- 
Richard Greenwood
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