Re: Errors Installing PostgresSQL

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 11:06 AM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote=
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> On 8/26/2016 7:32 AM, Joe Gitter wrote:
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> I attempted to install PostgresSQL 9.5.4 on an Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 v2
> 2.00GHz. Server is running Windows Server 2012 R2. I attempted to install
> *PostgreSQL-9.5.4-1-win64-bigsql.exe*. I attempted to install the
> database on a hard drive D: partition in a dedicated folder called
> =E2=80=9CPostgresSQL Database=E2=80=9D. Shortly after the setup started I=
 got a series of
> error messages. The installation eventually completed, but PostgresSQL wi=
ll
> not open. I get a =E2=80=9Cmissing shortcut=E2=80=9D error. The error mes=
sages are
> attached. Any help you can provide is appreciated.
>
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> This is the first I've (personally) seen that bigsql version....    I
> suspect you'll need to take this up with the packager as this bug reporti=
ng
> list is for the core community postgres server itself, and doesn't really
> address 3rd party installers.
>
>
> A wild guess however... looking at your error messages, it appears to not
> be real happy about paths with spaces in them, as I see inconsistent use =
of
> quoting.   You just might try installing to D:\PostgreSQL\   or something=
,
> without any spaces.    That first error is particularlly odd, as it looks
> like the path has an Amazon AWS URL embedded in it, whack.
>
>
>
Hi Joe -

As John mentioned this problem is related to the BigSQL distribution, so
I'm forwarding to the BigSQL feedback list. We'll investigate and respond
there.

Thanks
Dave



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