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How do I installing PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000?
How do I installing PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000?
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$Date: 2000/10/18 21:14:56 $
$Date: 2001/01/19 23:43:35 $
1. Install the Cygwin package.
1. Install the Cygwin package.
The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
API. It is available at <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/>.
API. It is available at <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/>.
The 1.1.x series is recommended (1.1.4 was the latest at the time
The 1.1.x series is recommended (1.1.7 was the latest at the time
of this writing); using 1.0 or B20 might require extra efforts.
of this writing); using 1.0 or B20 might require extra efforts.
For B20 you also need to download the separate crypt library at the
For B20 you also need to download the separate crypt library at the
same location.
same location.
2. Install the cygipc package, available at
2. Install the cygipc package, available at
<http://cygutils.netpedia.net/V1.1/cygipc/>. Do not use versions
<http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/>.
prior to 1.04, they will not work.
Do not use versions prior to 1.04, they will not work.
3. Optional: The "Andy Piper Tools" at <http://www.xemacs.freeserve.co.uk/>
3. Optional: The "Andy Piper Tools" at <http://www.xemacs.freeserve.co.uk/>
are a collection of pre-compiled libraries and utilities that you
are a collection of pre-compiled libraries and utilities that you
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6. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.)
6. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.)
NOTE: By default, PostgreSQL clients like psql communicate using Unix
NOTE: There are two issues with Cygwin's current UNIX domain socket
domain sockets, which do not work on Windows. Start the postmaster
support:
with -i, and when connecting to the database from a client, set the
PGHOST environment variable to `localhost' or supply the hostname on
1. psql (and other clients) will hang if postmaster is not running and
the command line.
the socket file (e.g., /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432) exists.
2. Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET sockets
so they are inherently insecure.
Problem reports can be sent to <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>.
Problem reports can be sent to <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>.