Well looks like 998 means some sort of memory allocation error or corrupted file. Last time I saw a problem like this was when the 2 GEOS files were out of synch. The PostGIS windows packages come with two GEOS files: libgeos_c-1.dll libgeos-3-*.dll where for 2.0.1 the 3-* I think was 3-3-5 .libgeos_c-1.dll depends on libgeos-3-*. If the file libgeos_c-1.dll is in use during install, it should throw a warning of some sort and error out, but if per chance it doesn't that's a packaging mistake on my part. If those two are out of synch postgis will fail to load and I think gives a 998 or something similar. To fix, shut down your postgresql service, restart and then install (make sure no one is accessing your postgresql (particularly trying to run postgis queries). Or shut down copy the files from one of the zip I mentioned and then start up the service again.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nahum Castro Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:19 AM To: PostGIS Users Discussion; [email protected] Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0 instalation problem Same error Unknown 998 Windows 7 sp1 64 Postgresql: "PostgreSQL 9.2.2, compiled by Visual C++ build 1600, 64-bit" Postgis 2.0.1 for Postgresql x64 -- Nahum Castro Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico http://www.leon-linux.com e-mail: pedro1_72 [en] yahoo [punto] com _____ De: wobo <[email protected]> Para: [email protected] Enviado: Martes, 18 de diciembre, 2012 18:55:43 Asunto: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0 instalation problem Regina, I guess this e-mail was intended for somebody else (Willy). I still haven't been able to install PostGIS 2.0 on my Windows XP, but am using it on Windows 7 succesfully. Yours sincerely, Wouter _____ Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:48:57 -0800 From: [hidden email] To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: PostGIS 2.0 instalation problem Willy, when you say compressed postgis file -- you mean the one on this page? http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/#windbinaries I unfortunately don't have a windows xp machine readily handy to test with. I haven't tried upgrading my test to 9.1.7 to rule that out as an issue so I'll give that a try. This issue is usually caused by libxml2-2.dll incompatibilities. Though I gather you are using the one packaged with PostGIS since it looks like the postgres one isu using libxml2.dll Have you been running PostGIS 2 or 1.5 on your windows xp successfully in past Thanks, Regina http://www.postgis.us <http://www.postgis.us/> _____ From: Willy-Bas Loos [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:30 AM To: PostGIS Users Discussion; Paragon Corporation Subject: Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0 instalation problem Hi, I have the same problem. I installed postgres on an XP PC, which worked fine. (PostgreSQL 9.1.7, compiled by Visual C++ build 1500, 32-bit) Then I used the StackBuilder to install PostGIS 2. Upon creating the extension, i get the error "ERROR: could not load library "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/9.1/lib/postgis-2.0.dll": unknown error 998" The same happens when executing the sql "create extension postgis;" I tried pasting the contents from the bin folder from the compressed postgis installation file into ../9.1/bin/, but to no avail. I used Depends.exe to diagnose, like Paragon suggested. I included the dwi-file as an attachment. Is there anything i can do? Cheers, WBL On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 2:50 AM, wobo <[hidden email]> wrote: So, I've been trying to install PostGIS 2.0 over and over again on several different Windows XP computers, but didn't succeed in getting it up and running. So I ended up borrowing my brother's Windows 7 pc, using the exact same download (postgreSQL + postgis using stackbuilder) which took me about 5 minutes to succesfully install the whole thing. I have no clue why it doesn't work on my XP. More exactly, why it can't find the correctly located postgis-2.0.dll-file. But at least I'll be able to test and recap the 'PostGIS in Action' on Windows 7 from now on. Many thanks for suggesting and helping anyway. -- View this message in context: http://postgis.17.n6.nabble.com/PostGIS-2-0-instalation-problem-tp4624902p49 93596.html Sent from the PostGIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [hidden email] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users -- "Quality comes from focus and clarity of purpose" -- Mark Shuttleworth _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users _____ If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://postgis.17.n6.nabble.com/PostGIS-2-0-instalation-problem-tp4624902p50 02094.html To unsubscribe from PostGIS 2.0 instalation problem, click here. NAML <http://postgis.17.n6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer &id=instant_html%21nabble:email.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamesp ace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNa mespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble:email.naml-instant_emails%21 nabble:email.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble:email.naml> _____ View this message in context: RE: PostGIS 2.0 instalation problem <http://postgis.17.n6.nabble.com/PostGIS-2-0-instalation-problem-tp4624902p5 002096.html> Sent from the PostGIS - User mailing list archive <http://postgis.17.n6.nabble.com/PostGIS-User-f3516033.html> at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
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