Re: Installing postgres on win XP

Dave Page wrote:
> > The plain PostgreSQL-8.0, if run, says "The installation package could
> > not be opened.  Verify that the package ...".  If I click on the
> > PostgreSQL-8.0-int, the installer works.  This is a fresh download run
> > from my desktop.
> >
> > This is on XP Pro.
>
> Sounds like it's already installed on your machine. If that is the case,
> you can directly run the -int msi and it'll go into maintenance mode,
> using the language option setup by the bootstrapper on the first
> invocation. On a clean machine, you cannot run the -int msi - it'll fail
> with an appropriate message telling you what to do.

OK, I uninstalled, and tried again.  Now, for the non-int file (the
first one), I get the language selection window, but once choose Next, I
get the same error message listed above about not being opened.  If I
click on the *-int file, I do get a suggestion to run the MSI file.

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