I have had a problem installing PostgreSQL with the same symptoms. I think whats happening is this: I try to install and get an error (something to do with Java I think). The installer rolls back, but leaves a tmp directory behind. Next time I try to install I get the error message about creating a temporary directory that Miro mentions. After I deleted the directories left behind, the installer works (after playing around with my Java settings to fix the first problem).
I think it started working for Miro because by changing the install path, the tmp directory previously left behind was no longer interfering. Maybe the installer could be fixed to remove the tmp directory during install rollback? My errors always occurred during the database initialisation phase. Dave Page-7 wrote: > > 2008/2/25 Miroslav Nachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Hi, >> >> When I see the error I suppose that the kind of the problem is space in >> the >> path: "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin". Then I use another program >> path >> without space and the installation is successful. I mean the regular >> installation, not patched. > > Sorry, you mean the installer works completely, including the initdb > steps if you use a path containing no spaces? That's just bizarre - > there are thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of working > installations in paths containing spaces. I've done hundreds myself! > > > -- > Dave Page > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > The Oracle-compatible database company > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/BUG--3980%3A-Can-not-Install-PostgreSQL---error-at-the-end-of-installation-tp15635482p16366246.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - bugs mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs