Thanks for the help mate, unfortunately I still get exactly the same errors.
What I don't understand, is that it's complaining about the lack of geo and postgis files, while installing postgis! Anyone have any more advise? On 30 Oct, 13:36, Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 7timesTom wrote: > > I'm trying to install geodjango on windows vista business (I know! > > sorry!). Firstly is this a futile attempt to begin with? > > > If not, here's the problem I'm getting: > > > I've installed PostgreSQL using the windows xp instructions at > >http://geodjango.org/docs/install.html#windows. And then done a full > > install of all available pgSQL options. But when I come to install > > PostGIS I get the error: > > > """PostGIS 1.3.3 for PostgresSQL 8.3 > > > Error opening file for writing: > > > C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin\libgeos-3-0-0.dll > > > [Abort] [Retry] [Ignore]""" > > > And indeed that file and others (libgeos_c-1.dll, libiconv-2.dll, > > libproj.dll, pgsql2shp.exe, shp2pgsql.exe, etc etc) mentioned if I > > click ignore are indeed missing. > > > Does anyone know if they are supposed to come with PostgreSQL 8.3 and > > which component I may be missing? > > > Many thanks. > > This may or may not be your problem, but I am keeping all of my > applications out of \program files. It is my understanding that this is > now reserved for "works with Vista" applications. I install everything > in \users\public. So I would install PostgreSQL in > \users\public\postgresql. I also put my apps in something like > \users\public\myapps. > > I am sure you can find other recommendations for postgresql. > > HTH > > -- > Jeff > > Jeff Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phoenix Python User Group - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
