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General Category => Map Making Support => Topic started by: rickvr on February 16, 2009, 11:25:10 AM

Title: Postgis
Post by: rickvr on February 16, 2009, 11:25:10 AM
I have tried to install postgis with Application Stack Builder several times and I keep get this error
"ERROR 740: The requested operation requires elevation", and skips the installation of postgis. What am I doing wrong.
Title: Re: Postgis
Post by: dhisum_dhisum on February 16, 2009, 11:43:27 AM
Are you running Vista? If so, you would need to right click on the Application Builder application and click "Run as Administrator." Simply put, the computer is complaining that  you are attempting to "Install an application" while you are not an Administrator.
Title: Re: Postgis
Post by: rickvr on February 16, 2009, 01:21:32 PM
Thanks, that helped. Now this error popped up, I'll try to attach.
Title: Re: Postgis
Post by: dhisum_dhisum on February 16, 2009, 08:43:35 PM
I think I kept facing problems like these when directly installing postgis using the application builder. Eventually, I gave up and downloaded postgis separately from its website:

http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/

Once you have downloaded the file, right click on the file and click "run as administrator". That should get postgis installed for you.

If there is a problem, let me know and I will take a look at the exact steps.
Title: Re: Postgis
Post by: -Oz- on February 16, 2009, 08:54:55 PM
A lot of vista users have been having that problem; no one has a solution yet as far as I know.
Title: Re: Postgis
Post by: dhisum_dhisum on February 16, 2009, 11:04:56 PM
Well, I did create Washington Map on vista following the steps exactly, so I do have an idea, but I have started forgetting. If someone needs exact help, I could help. The one thing I do distinctively remember is that shp2sql kept crashing on vista, no matter what I did. Eventually, I searched on the internet and found a version that worked to a degree. It would keep throwing errors, but did work eventually.
Title: Re: Postgis
Post by: -Oz- on February 17, 2009, 08:13:56 AM
I have posted a version here that works on vista for that file; the developers made it for me :)

http://forums.gpsfiledepot.com/index.php/topic,101.0.html
Title: Re: Postgis
Post by: rickvr on February 17, 2009, 10:21:26 AM
Thanks for the help, I'll keep working on it.