postgresql installation failed

Question

I tried to install postgresql 8.4 in my windows 7 (64 bit). But it fails with following messages in log

Initialising the database cluster (this may take a few min         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem today when installing postgres 9.6.19 on windows 10. Solution: Neither the installation path nor the windows path variable may contain a blank! Near to the end of the installer log file (found in wondows %temp% dir with a name like bitrock_installer_16156.log) i found:

Script stderr: "\UnxUtils\usr\local\wbin\";"C:\Program" kann syntaktisch an dieser Stelle nicht verarbeitet werden.

where the installation directory i set as well as my windows %PATH% variable contained

C:\Program Files\

Workaround: open a command prompt as administrator and type:

set path=C:\WINDOWS\system32
PostgreSQL-9.6.10-1-win64-bigsql.exe

And then of course choose a path not containing a blank. That did it for me.