-How to install PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000
-=======================================================
-$Date: 2001/10/25 16:20:51 $
-
-1. Install the Cygwin package.
+How to install PostgreSQL on Windows
+====================================
+$Date: 2001/12/05 18:23:40 $
+1. Install the latest Cygwin package, available at http://cygwin.com/.
The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
- API. It is available at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/. At
- the time of this writing, it is recommended to use either version
- 1.1.7, a snapshot built after 2001/02/05 12:36:41, or the 1.3.x series
- (when available). Version 1.1.8 contains a bug that will prevent the
- server to work. Using older versions such as 1.0 or B20 might require
- extra efforts.
-
-2. Install the cygipc package, available at
+ API. Using older versions such as 1.0 or B20 might require extra
+ efforts.
+
+ A pre-built PostgreSQL is part of the standard Cygwin distribution
+ and is installed by Cygwin's setup.exe. You are encouraged to use
+ this version unless it does not meet your needs. Please read the
+ README file, /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-${version}.README, where
+ "${version}" is the version (e.g., 7.1.3).
+
+2. Install the latest cygipc package, available at
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/.
Do not use versions prior to 1.04, they will not work.
+ Use the following command to install the cygipc package:
+
+ $ tar -C / -xjf cygipc-${version}.tar.bz2
+
+ where "${version}" is the version (e.g., 1.11-1).
+
3. The Cygwin bin directory has to be placed in the path before the
Windows program directories, because the sort.exe has to be taken
from Cygwin, not Windows.
4. Start ipc-daemon from the cygipc package. Use "net start ipc-daemon",
if ipc-daemon is installed as a service; otherwise, use "ipc-daemon &".
This program needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL
- server (postmaster).
+ server (postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb).
+
+5. Proceed according to the INSTALL file (i.e., ./configure; make; etc.)
+ noting the following Cygwin specific differences:
+
+ o The GNU make command is called "make" not "gmake".
+ o The adduser command is not supported -- use the appropriate
+ user management application on Windows NT, 2000, or XP.
+ Otherwise, skip this step.
+ o The su command is not supported -- use ssh to simulate su
+ on Windows NT, 2000, or XP. Otherwise, skip this step.
-5. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.)
+ Alternatively, proceed according to the README file supplied with
+ the Cygwin PostgreSQL package.
NOTE: The following are known issues with PostgreSQL on Windows: