Installation of postgresql with NSIS

Question

I would install postgresql with the NSIS installer, but I don\'t know how.

Can you help me please ?

I\'ve find this code

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Answer 1

All you need to do is create a data dir:

initdb -D %PROGRAMDATA%\MyApp\data

then install your PostgreSQL config file and pg_hba.conf or make any required edits to the files generated automatically by initdb at %PROGRAMDATA%\MyApp\data\postgresql.conf and %PROGRAMDATA%\MyApp\data\pg_hba.conf.

Then:

pg_ctl register -D %PROGRAMDATA%\MyApp\data -S auto -N postgres-MyApp -U NETWORKSERVICE

net start postgres-MyApp

Please do not use the default port 5432. Run on a non-default port that won't conflict with any existing or future PostgreSQL install. Also, do not use the "standard" service names like postgresql-9.2.

(NSIS may offer a command to start a service, instead of using net start. If it does, use the appropriate NSIS command).

Note that %PROGRAMDATA% is only defined for Windows Vista and higher (where it points to %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData by default). You can use %ALLUSERSPROFILE% on Windows XP, but really, who cares about XP now?

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Personally, I suggest using MSI installers with WiX.