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How do I installing PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000?
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$Date: 2000/10/18 21:14:56 $
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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/>.
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The 1.1.x series is recommended (1.1.4 was the latest at the time
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of this writing); using 1.0 or B20 might require extra efforts.
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For B20 you also need to download the separate crypt library at the
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same location.
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2. Install the cygipc package, available at
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<http://cygutils.netpedia.net/V1.1/cygipc/>. Do not use versions
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prior to 1.04, they will not work.
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3. Optional: The "Andy Piper Tools" at <http://www.xemacs.freeserve.co.uk/>
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are a collection of pre-compiled libraries and utilities that you
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might find useful -- especially on Cygwin B20.
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4. 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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5. Start `ipc-daemon &' (background process) from the cygipc package.
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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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6. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.)
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NOTE: By default, PostgreSQL clients like psql communicate using Unix
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domain sockets, which do not work on Windows. Start the postmaster
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with -i, and when connecting to the database from a client, set the
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PGHOST environment variable to `localhost' or supply the hostname on
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the command line.
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Problem reports can be sent to <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>.
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