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Here's some improvements. I just ended up referring people to Jason's
website for install as service, because it's a quite a long and complex process. Christopher Kings-Lynne
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How to install PostgreSQL on Windows
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$Date: 2003/11/09 03:47:51 $
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PostgreSQL requires the Cygwin set of libraries to be installed in
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order that it functions under Windows.
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$Date: 2003/11/12 04:14:30 $
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PostgreSQL requires the appropriate subset of Cygwin DLLs to be
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installed in order that it functions under Windows.
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This document assumes that you do not have Cygwin already installed
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on your system. If that is not the case, then you will need to
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2. Proceed through the Cygwin install wizard. Choose 'Install from
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Internet', specify a Local Package Directory and choose a mirror
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site that's close to you. Leave everything else as-is.
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site that's close to you. Answer the other installer questions
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appropriately for your configuration.
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When you come to the point of choosing which packages to install,
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expand the 'Database' section and click 'Skip' next to PostgreSQL
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to change it to the latest version of PostgreSQL available for
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Cygwin.
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3. Once the download and install process is complete, open a Cygwin
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shell and do the following:
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shell and do the following for a basic installation:
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3a. Start ipc-daemon2 for shared memory support. Use
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"net start ipc-daemon2", if you want ipc-daemon2 installed
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as a service; otherwise, use "ipc-daemon2 &". This program
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3a. Start ipc-daemon2 for shared memory support. To do this,
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enter the command "ipc-daemon2 &". This program
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needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL server
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(postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb).
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4. You are now running a PostgreSQL server on your Windows machine.
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5. It is possible to install ipc-daemon2 and the postmaster as
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Windows NT services. For information on how to do this, please
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refer to one of the README documents here:
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http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/
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Building from source
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There are some points that are only relevant if you are building Cygwin
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PostgreSQL from source:
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1. Set your path to use the Cygwin bin directory before the Windows
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utilities. Cygwin sort must be used in preference to Windows sort.exe.
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utilities. This will help prevent problems with compilation.
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2. 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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