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How to install PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000
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$Date: 2001/10/25 16:20:51 $
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1. Install the Cygwin package.
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The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
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API. It is available at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/. At
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the time of this writing, it is recommended to use either version
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1.1.7, a snapshot built after 2001/02/05 12:36:41, or the 1.3.x series
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(when available). Version 1.1.8 contains a bug that will prevent the
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server to work. Using older versions such as 1.0 or B20 might require
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extra efforts.
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2. Install the 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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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).
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5. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.)
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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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