Opened 15 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

Last modified 14 years ago

#1697 closed bug (wontfix)

Does not install on vista 64

Reported by: tomd Owned by: nobody
Priority: major: does not work as expected Milestone: Version 1.2.0
Component: Build/Install Version: Trunk
Keywords: Cc: pcav, spatialminds
Must Fix for Release: No Platform: Windows
Platform Version: Vista 64 Awaiting user input: no

Description

Just tried installing the latest version on vista 64 and it fails to install.

Change History (13)

comment:1 by lutra, 15 years ago

Cc: pcav added

Can you be more precise? error message? standalone installer or osgwo4w? version?

I wonder if the problem is the same of #1766

Please leave more feedback.

comment:2 by pcav, 15 years ago

Milestone: Version 1.2.0

comment:3 by lutra, 15 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

Closing for lack of feedback, but please reopen if necessary, it would not be easy to find a windows 64 bit installation where to make tests.

comment:4 by spatialminds, 14 years ago

Cc: spatialminds added
Platform Version: Vista 64
Resolution: wontfix
Status: closedreopened

Tested against the current 1.0.2 LTS version.

Yes, this is the same as bug #1766. The description in 1766 is exactly what happens.

Installer runs, looks normal, but the status messages show "skipped" for every component and when finished nothing is installed except the shortcut on the desktop (which points to nothing).

There are no error dialogs, other than the "Skipped..." messages shown during the install.

I'd be happy to provide any feedback you might need.

comment:5 by lutra, 14 years ago

did you run the installer as "administrator"?

comment:6 by lutra, 14 years ago

can you also test the osgeo4w installer? thanks

by the way... the osgeo4w installer will install also qgis 1.4/1.5 you can consider the 1.0.2 obsolete.

comment:7 by spatialminds, 14 years ago

No, I didn't run the installer as Administrator. I'll give it a try and post back.

I am a developer, and would prefer to not install the entire osgeo4w package. I have my own version of GDAL dll, PROJ dll, etc that I don't want to get confused with the osgeo versions. I was hoping the standalone QGIS installer would install everything in it's own folder and programatically set the environment variables so as to not stomp on my dev environment.

comment:8 by spatialminds, 14 years ago

FYI... Version 1.0.2 is what is made available on the QGIS Download page.

comment:9 by pcav, 14 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: reopenedclosed

Please use 1.4 or 1.5 installer. 1.0 is no longer supported, and will be dropped soon. BTW, OSGeo4W AFAIK installs everything in a single folder, not messing up with anything.

in reply to:  7 comment:10 by lutra, 14 years ago

Replying to spatialminds:

No, I didn't run the installer as Administrator. I'll give it a try and post back.

I am a developer, and would prefer to not install the entire osgeo4w package. I have my own version of GDAL dll, PROJ dll, etc that I don't want to get confused with the osgeo versions. I was hoping the standalone QGIS installer would install everything in it's own folder and programatically set the environment variables so as to not stomp on my dev environment.

gdal/proj/python/pyhton libraries installed via osgeo4w do not interfere in any way with the same packages installed in other ways or trough other software.

in reply to:  8 comment:11 by lutra, 14 years ago

Replying to spatialminds:

FYI... Version 1.0.2 is what is made available on the QGIS Download page.

yes I know, but it is still obsolete. The number of features added and bug fixed in 1.4 (and then in 1.5) is countless. Without taking in account the very cool plugins that need 1.4/1.5 to run.

comment:12 by spatialminds, 14 years ago

It works when "Run As Administrator" is selected for the installer instead of running it as a regular Administrator user. The installer doesn't elevate priviledges on its own.

I didn't mean to sound argumentative. I thought perhaps you weren't unaware that the website points to the incorrect Long Term Support version.

I'll consider trying the newer version.

comment:13 by spatialminds, 14 years ago

"Weren't aware..." not "Weren't unaware..." :)

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