Re: silent installer

Craig Ringer <ringerc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:23:28 +0800



    On 11/23/2011 01:06 AM, Skusa, Andre wrote:
    
      
        Hello postgres admins,
         
        is there any silent
              installer for current postgres
              releases (>= 9.x) available? Or what should I consider
              if I plan to include
              postgres in the installer of my own software package?
        

    The installer has command line options for non-interactive / silent
    installation. Try using the --help, -h or /? flags (don't remember
    which) on the installer.

    
    Consider *asking* the user if they want Pg installed or if they'd
    like to provide their own database settings instead. If you do
    silent install, please consider what'll happen if the user already
    has the same version of PostgreSQL installed. You'll still need to
    provide them with a way to tell your application which database
    settings to use, since your installer won't overwrite an
    already-installed version of Pg.

    
    Alternately, you can use the PostgreSQL .zip package, creating a
    user account and service account yourself. That has the advantage of
    letting you create your own package that's independent of any
    regular PostgreSQL installation so you can set your own user
    account, service account, password, etc. The downside is that it's a
    lot more work to get right.

    
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    Craig Ringer