Mac installation

[Robbie22]

Hi there,

I tried to install PokerTracker 3 on my Mac and during installation there was an error and it quit unexpectedly. It got that far as to install PostgreSQL, but then when launching PT3 it quit. I tried running PT3 again, but there was the error message that I am unable to connect (seemingly rather common in the forums for Macs).

After the crash I deleted both PokerTracker 3 and the PostgreSQL folder using AppDelete and emptied the trash intending to do a fresh install.

After a restart and relaunching the PokerTracker 3 installer, it said it completed the install successfully (however this time it did not download PostgreSQL again, like it did the first time...). When I tried to launch PokerTracker 3 it (obviously) could not connect to PostgreSQL (as I had deleted it) - but the installer did not prompt me to download it again either.

I visited the official PostgreSQL download page and installed version 8.4, tried reinstalling PokerTracker again, restarted, but I still encounter a connection error to PostgreSQL.

When I go to the PostgreSQL 8.4 folder and try starting the server from there I get the error messge:

pg_ctl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway [date] GMTFATAL: Lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists
[date] GMTHINT: Is another postmaster (PID 529) running in data directory "/Library/POstgreSQL/8.4/data"?
pg_ctl: could not start server
Examine the log output.

How should I proceed now? Should I uninstall everything and start again? If so, how do I do that on a Mac (there is no uninstaller and AppDelete didn't seem to work well)?

FYI, I do have PT installed on my Windows XP virtual machine via Parallels, but I don't have Parallels running. Is this possibly causing some interference?

Would appreciate advice on how to proceed.

Thanks,

Robbie

[WhiteRider]

If Parallels isn't running that shouldn't cause any problems as the postgres service can't be running there.

Have a look at this thread for help uninstalling postgres.
I imagine that PT3 didn't try to install it again because you still had a partial installation.