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QlikSense Installation fails with "An error occured" on PostgreSQL msi
Article Number: 000030793 | Last Modified: 2018/06/12Description
Installation QlikSense fails with "An error occurred" and a reference to the PostgreSQL.msi failing to execute.
To find the installation log files,
Reviewing the main Installation log shows:
[0358:0918][2017-03-07T13:47:02]i000: Detected failing msi: PostgreSQL
[0358:0918][2017-03-07T13:47:02]i319: Applied execute package: PostgreSQL, result: 0x80070643, restart: None
[0358:0918][2017-03-07T13:47:02]e000: Error 0x80070643: Failed to execute MSI package.
The PostgreSQL.msi log indicates:
Action 13:46:59 61 Error: initdb: could not open file "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\postgresql\ps_qlik.bin" for reading: No such file or directory
Action 13:46:59 61 Error: initdb: removing data directory "C:/ProgramData/Qlik/Sense/Repository/PostgreSQL/9.3"
To find the installation log files,
- Right click on the Windows button
- Click on Run
- Paste %temp%
Reviewing the main Installation log shows:
[0358:0918][2017-03-07T13:47:02]i000: Detected failing msi: PostgreSQL
[0358:0918][2017-03-07T13:47:02]i319: Applied execute package: PostgreSQL, result: 0x80070643, restart: None
[0358:0918][2017-03-07T13:47:02]e000: Error 0x80070643: Failed to execute MSI package.
The PostgreSQL.msi log indicates:
Action 13:46:59 61 Error: initdb: could not open file "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\postgresql\ps_qlik.bin" for reading: No such file or directory
Action 13:46:59 61 Error: initdb: removing data directory "C:/ProgramData/Qlik/Sense/Repository/PostgreSQL/9.3"
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