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How to install PostgreSQL on Windows
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$Date: 2002/11/11 20:04:05 $
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1. Install the latest Cygwin package, available at http://cygwin.com/.
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The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
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API.
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A pre-built PostgreSQL is part of the standard Cygwin distribution
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and is installed by Cygwin's setup.exe. You are encouraged to use
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this version unless it does not meet your needs. Please read the
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README file, /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-${version}.README, where
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"${version}" is the version (e.g., 7.2).
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2. Install the latest cygipc package, available at
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http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/.
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Do not use versions prior to 1.04, they will not work.
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Use the following command to install the cygipc package:
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$ tar -C / -xjf cygipc-${version}.tar.bz2
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where "${version}" is the version (e.g., 1.11-1).
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3. The Cygwin bin directory has to be placed in the path before the
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Windows program directories, because the sort.exe has to be taken
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from Cygwin, not Windows.
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4. Start ipc-daemon from the cygipc package. Use "net start ipc-daemon",
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if ipc-daemon is installed as a service; otherwise, use "ipc-daemon &".
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This program needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL
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server (postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb).
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5. Proceed according to the INSTALL file (i.e., ./configure; make; etc.)
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noting the following Cygwin specific differences:
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o The GNU make command is called "make" not "gmake".
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o The adduser command is not supported -- use the appropriate
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user management application on Windows NT, 2000, or XP.
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Otherwise, skip this step.
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o The su command is not supported -- use ssh to simulate su
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on Windows NT, 2000, or XP. Otherwise, skip this step.
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Alternatively, proceed according to the README file supplied with
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the Cygwin PostgreSQL package.
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NOTE: The following are known issues with PostgreSQL on Windows:
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1. Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET sockets
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so they are inherently insecure.
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2. make check can generate spurious regression test failures due to
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overflowing the listen() backlog queue which causes connection
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refused errors.
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Problem reports can be sent to pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org.
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