BUG #18819: Error installing Postgresql

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM PG Bug reporting form <
noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 18819
Logged by: Tirop Garreth
Email address: tiropgarreth@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 17.3
Operating system: Windows
Description:

I decided to delete my older postgresql software and associated files,
before downloading the latest one where I cannot install it due to a
error:
X

Error

X

There has been an error.

Error running C:\WINDOWS\System32\Windows PowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
-Execution Policy Bypass-Command

"[System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures([System.Globalization.Culture
Types]::AllCultures) | Where-Object {$.LCID-ne 127 } | Sort-Object
EnglishName | ForEach-Object { $.Name + '=' + S_.EnglishName} | Out-File
-FilePath "C:\Users\GARETH
TIROP\AppData\Local\Temp/postgresql_installer_b0daae2afb/locales.txt"
-Encoding UTF8": Out-File: A positional parameter

cannot be found that accepts argument

'TIROP\AppData\Local\Temp/postgresql_installer_bodaae2afb/locales.txt'.

At line: 1 char:215

+ ... ishName} | Out-File -FilePath C:\Users\GARETH
TIROP\AppData\Local\Te...

+ CategoryInfo

InvalidArgument: (:) [Out-File], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualified Errorld:

Positional Parameter Not Found, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.
OutFileCommand

Hi Tirop,

Could you please try installation with this *test-installer* and let us
know if the issue is resolved for you?

https://get.enterprisedb.com/test-installers/postgresql-17.4-0.0snapshot13405898039.1162.1.b8044e3.1-windows-x64.exe

Thanks!

HI,

Please try version 17.4 which includes the fix and confirmed by others.
Thank you

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM Manika Singhal <
manika.singhal@enterprisedb.com> wrote:

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM PG Bug reporting form <
noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 18819
Logged by: Tirop Garreth
Email address: tiropgarreth@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 17.3
Operating system: Windows
Description:

I decided to delete my older postgresql software and associated files,
before downloading the latest one where I cannot install it due to a
error:
X

Error

X

There has been an error.

Error running C:\WINDOWS\System32\Windows PowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
-Execution Policy Bypass-Command

"[System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures([System.Globalization.Culture
Types]::AllCultures) | Where-Object {$.LCID-ne 127 } | Sort-Object
EnglishName | ForEach-Object { $.Name + '=' + S_.EnglishName} | Out-File
-FilePath "C:\Users\GARETH
TIROP\AppData\Local\Temp/postgresql_installer_b0daae2afb/locales.txt"
-Encoding UTF8": Out-File: A positional parameter

cannot be found that accepts argument

'TIROP\AppData\Local\Temp/postgresql_installer_bodaae2afb/locales.txt'.

At line: 1 char:215

+ ... ishName} | Out-File -FilePath C:\Users\GARETH
TIROP\AppData\Local\Te...

+ CategoryInfo

InvalidArgument: (:) [Out-File], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualified Errorld:

Positional Parameter Not Found, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.
OutFileCommand

Hi Tirop,

Could you please try installation with this *test-installer* and let us
know if the issue is resolved for you?

https://get.enterprisedb.com/test-installers/postgresql-17.4-0.0snapshot13405898039.1162.1.b8044e3.1-windows-x64.exe

Thanks!

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Sandeep Thakkar