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Compiling PostgreSQL On Native Win32 FAQ
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Last updated: Thu Oct 14 18:22:57 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://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_MINGW.html.
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The FAQ for running PostgreSQL on native Win32 is at
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http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/FAQ_windows.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 find at from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a
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fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW. The
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ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp
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servers in the binary/win32 directory.
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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 is
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no longer supported since version 8.2) Earlier operating systems do
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not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires
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MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/.
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MinGW is a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating
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systems. Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell
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scripts like configure. Neither is required to run the resulting
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binaries; they are needed only for creating the binaries. Work is in
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progress to support building using Visual C++ in a future version.
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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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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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