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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

At first glance, this seems like the best option..

http://www.enterprisedb.com/learning/pginst_guide.do#noninteractive

Unless there are objections, I will go for this.

Regards,
JPP


2010/3/1 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> 2010/3/1 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> 2010/3/1 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Hi there. I think we should focus on giving the user a choice at install
>>> time.
>>>
>>> 1) Install H2
>>> 2) Install Postgres
>>>
>>> This is pretty simple. Now the question is how easy is an unattended
>>> Postgres install. We can easily package the Postgres MSI and have the
>>> user click through. Now, any number of problems can occur there, so it
>>> is probably not a good idea. I think the unattended Postgres install
>>> is the best option, but it requires administrative rights, which the
>>> installer can request, but there is no guarantee they will be granted.
>>> Knut previous work includes many of the pieces of the puzzle, but it
>>> does not solve the unattended Postgres install,which I see as the
>>> biggest risk. If that does not install, then you are stuffed.
>>>
>>> Write up a blueprint and include the actual requirements, and I will
>>> take a look at it on the plane.
>>>
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>> The user option for choosing database sounds really good to me.
>> User rights will always be an issue, we can make people aware of it on the
>> website and in a Readme. I don't think we should worry so much about Vista,
>> even MS doesn't recommend using it now...
>> Will write a blueprint.
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> Here:
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/windows-installer
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>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> JPP
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>>>
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>>>
>>> 2010/3/1 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>:
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>>> >
>>> > 2010/3/1 Ola Hodne Titlestad <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>
>>> >> 2010/3/1 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 2010/2/18 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Hi there.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Try building everything from the latest version of the files, per my
>>> >>>> instructions sent in an earlier mail for the complete compile
>>> >>>> (dhis2,
>>> >>>> docs, and the installer)
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I suspect something was out of date as well.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thanks for testing.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Regards,
>>> >>>> jason
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi Jason, sorry lost focus on the installer for a while.
>>> >>> What we badly need is an installer with DHIS2 Live + Postgres for
>>> >>> Windows.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Been getting quite a few requests for this lately and it will make
>>> >>> our
>>> >>> range of installers close to complete, as we already have a
>>> >>> cross-platform
>>> >>> package (Live) and a tomcat+postgres for linux (deb).
>>> >>
>>> >> I would like to add tomcat+postgres on Windows as well. I saw a
>>> >> request
>>> >> for this on the users list this morning. Many users/admins are
>>> >> familiar with
>>> >> tomcat and would like to use it instead of jetty (which is included in
>>> >> the
>>> >> Live package). We had a pretty well functional windows installer for
>>> >> tomcat+postgres 1-2 years ago ( the bitrock installer), and I think
>>> >> there is
>>> >> still a need for it.
>>> >
>>> > Okay.. that could be good to have too.. The reason why I think we
>>> > should at
>>> > least prioritize Live now is that it makes life easy.. Common problems
>>> > we
>>> > get with tomcat which embedded jetty avoids are:
>>> > - tomcat simply doesn't start
>>> > - tomcat is already installed
>>> > - dhis2_home isn't picked up
>>> > I've been testing Live for a long time now and it really works well,
>>> > with a
>>> > postgres backend its a solid alternative.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Ola
>>> >> -----------
>>> >>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was wondering if you would have time to compile such a package with
>>> >>> the
>>> >>> latest dhis? I know I could have dug into this myself but I'm
>>> >>> seriously
>>> >>> bogged down with Indian stuff this week...
>>> >>> cheers, Lars
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
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>>> --
>>> --
>>> Jason P. Pickering
>>> email: jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx
>>> tel:+260968395190
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