Re: installing took more then 45 minutes

[r-a]

On 7 Jan 2024 at 22:04, John Darrington wrote:

> I recall when I tried the windows installer several years ago, that
> this was "normal",
> when upgrading from a version of PSPP which was already installed.
>
> You might be able to work around it manually by deleting the
> existing installation
> before installing the new one.
>
> Like all GNU projects, we recommend running PSPP under GNU or
> GNU/Linux.  PSPP is optimised
> for those systems and you get 100% freedom.
>

Right, but this option may not be feasible for some. E.g. in an institution not 
allowing for
individual computer configuration...

best,
R

> J'
>
> On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 03:31:38AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > There are some bug fixes from that version to the final version,
> but I
> > don't think they'd affect installation time.
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:30AM ft gmail <public.ftr@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is what I thought, too.
> > >
> > > Has this to do with the  2.0.0-pre3gfa60c8 version ?
> > >
> > > Are there differences between the pre and the final version that
> merit to install the latter ?
> > >
> > > -ftr
> > >
> > > Le 03/01/2024 à 12:25, Ben Pfaff a écrit :
> > >
> > >  I did not write the Windows installer, nor have I used it, but
> I'd
> > > expect installation to take a minute or less.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:22AM ft gmail <public.ftr@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > To be more precise: how long does your installation process take
> with Windows 11 ?
> > >
> > > -ftr
> > >
> > > Le 29/12/2023 à 18:31, ft gmail a écrit :
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I installed pspp 2.0.0-pre3gfa60c8 in a PC running under windows
> 11. It took about 45 minutes !
> > >
> > > I guess this in somewhat abnormal.
> > >
> > > The PC works with 16 MB Ram, so RAM size should not be a
> problem. No other programs were running besides RevoUnistaller. But
> this program did never impact on installing any program.
> > >
> > > Any ideas how to accelerate the install ?
> > >
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > -ftr
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >                           Informations système
> > >
> ---------------------
> -------------+--------
> ----------------------
> ---
> > > |Version                            |GNU pspp
> 2.0.0-pre3gfa60c8        |
> > > |Host System                        |x86_64-w64-mingw32
> |
> > > |Système en construction            |x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> |
> > > |Répertoire des paramètres régionaux|C:\Program
> Files\PSPP/share/locale|
> > > |Journal File
> |C:/Users/TOSHIBA/pspp.jnl         |
> > > |Compiler Version                   |10-win32 20210110
> |
> > >
> ---------------------
> -------------+--------
> ----------------------
> ---
> > >
> > >
>