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PostgreSQL Native Win32 FAQ Using MinGW
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Last updated: Fri Oct 8 12:47:37 EDT 2004
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
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http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html.
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The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools. There
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is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you
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can download from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a
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fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
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Tools for Building Binaries
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The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating
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system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
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doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
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points needed for symlinks.) Earlier operating systems do not have
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sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and
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Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is a
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Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. Msys is a
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collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like
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configure. Neither is required to run the resulting binaries; they
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are needed only for creating the binaries. We have no intention of
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supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
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from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
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burdensome.
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Steps For Building Binaries
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* Download the nightly snapshot tarball from
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ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev or checkout via CVS (you will
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need bison, flex, and perl installed to build from CVS)
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* Run configure (you might need to add the --without-zlib argument,
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depending on whether you have installed zlib on MinGW)
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* Run make install
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Note: it is suggested that you run psql under CMD.EXE., as the Msys
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console has buffering issues.
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If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
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and send it to the mailing list.
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Access
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The mailing list for discussion is pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org.
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You can subscribe by sending an email body containing the word
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subscribe to pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org.
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Resources
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There are several resources that helped us complete this port:
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* PeerDirect port of PostgreSQL 7.2 to Win32
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(ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/PeerDirect)
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* CONNX Win32 signal
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code(ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/CONNX)
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* SRA port of PostgreSQL to Win32 (unfortunately, this is not
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publically available because the threaded portion is proprietary)
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* CHM help files
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(http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/help/en_US/pgadmin3.chm)
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<html>
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="content-type"
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content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<title>PostgreSQL Native Win32 Status Report</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">PostgreSQL Native Win32 FAQ Using MinGW<br>
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</h1>
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<P>Last updated: Fri Oct 8 12:47:37 EDT 2004</P>
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
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"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
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</P>
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<P>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at <A href=
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"http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html">
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http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html</A>.</P>
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<p>The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.
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There is also a precompiled binary installer called <span
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style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller</span> which you can download
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from <a href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>.
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It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.<br>
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</p>
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<h2>Tools for Building Binaries<br>
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</h2>
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<p> The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft
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operating
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system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
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doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
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points needed for symlinks.) Earlier
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operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the
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port also
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requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from <a
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href="http://www.mingw.org/">http://www.mingw.org/</a>. MinGW is
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a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems.
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Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like <i>configure.
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</i>Neither is required to run the resulting binaries; they are
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needed only for creating the binaries. We have no intention
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of supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
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from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
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burdensome.<br>
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</p>
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<h2>Steps For Building Binaries<br>
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</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Download the nightly snapshot tarball from <a
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href="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev">ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev</a>
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or checkout via CVS (you will need <i>bison, flex,</i> and <i>perl</i>
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installed to build from CVS)<br>
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</li>
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<li>Run <i>configure</i> (you might need to add the --without-zlib
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argument, depending on whether you have installed <span
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style="font-style: italic;">zlib
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</span>on MinGW)</li>
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<li>Run <i>make install</i></li>
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</ul>
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Note: it is suggested that you run <i>psql</i> under <i>CMD.EXE.</i>,
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as the Msys console has buffering issues.<br>
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<br>
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If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
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and send
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it to the mailing list. <br>
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<h2>Access</h2>
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The mailing list for discussion is
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<i>pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org</i>. You can subscribe by sending
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an email body containing the word <i>subscribe</i> to <i><a
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href="mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org">pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org</a></i>.<br>
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<ul>
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</ul>
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<h2>Resources</h2>
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There are several resources that helped us complete this port:<br>
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<ul>
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<li>PeerDirect port of PostgreSQL 7.2 to Win32 (<a
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href="ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/PeerDirect">ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/PeerDirect</a>)</li>
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<li>CONNX Win32 signal code(<a
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href="ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/CONNX">ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/CONNX</a>)</li>
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<li>SRA port of PostgreSQL to Win32 (unfortunately, this is not
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publically available because the threaded portion is proprietary)</li>
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<li>CHM help files (<a
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href="http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/help/en_US/pgadmin3.chm">http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/help/en_US/pgadmin3.chm</a>)</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</html>
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