Re: Windows install

Well, I have questions about your post, and a possible suggestion on
your problem.

1.  I tried what you just described, but I folloed the instructions in
the INSTALL document and ran ./configure.  This failed with an error,
and I had exactly the same problem on both W2K and W98.

$ ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking which template to use... win
checking whether to build with locale support... no
checking whether to build with recode support... no
checking whether to build with multibyte character support... no
checking whether to build with Unicode conversion support... no
checking for default port number... 5432
checking for default soft limit on number of connections... 32
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
using CFLAGS=-O2
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot create executables.

2.  Supposedly, PostgreSQL requires Cygipc to be running.  Cygipc does
not seem to be included with Cywin even though PostgreSQL is included
and requires Cygipc.  I found Cygipc at
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/index.html

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:35:04 +0000 (UTC),
webmindforever@organicmeat.net ("charlie derr") wrote:

>It seems that the cygwin stuff comes with this install (I already had cygwin
>configured on my machine, but this install created another one, with all the
>details taken care of).
>
>The install went fine.  Then i entered the cygwin shell (that had been
>installed with postgreSQL) and did "su postgres"   and then "mkdir
>/usr/bin/data" and then "initdb --pgdata /usr/bin/data"  which seemed to
>work fine.  Starting the postmaster didn't however:
>
>bash-2.04$ su postgres
>$ /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/bin/data start
>postmaster successfully started up.
>$ IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Permission denied) key=5432010, size=144,
>permission=700
>This type of error is usually caused by an improper
>shared memory or System V IPC semaphore configuration.
>For more information, see the FAQ and platform-specific
>FAQ's in the source directory pgsql/doc or on our
>web site at http://www.postgresql.org.
>IpcMemoryIdGet: shmget failed (Permission denied) key=5432010, size=144,
>permission=0
>IpcMemoryAttach: shmat failed (Permission denied) id=-2
>FATAL 1:  AttachSLockMemory: could not attach segment
>
>
>
>I'm on WinNT 4.0 with service pack 6.  Any ideas?
>
>
>    thanx much for your time,
>        ~c
>
>
>
>+-----Original Message-----
>+From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
>+[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Steve Jorgensen
>+Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 6:55 PM
>+To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>+Subject: [GENERAL] Re: Windows install
>+
>+
>+Thanks for the pointer.  Does this isntall require Cygwin and Cygipc
>+to be installed first, or does it handle all that?
>+
>+On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 16:41:00 +0200, Antonio Da Silva
>+<tonio@novadeck.com> wrote:
>+
>+>If you want an install version of PostGres
>+>look @
>+>http://208.160.255.143/
>+>
>+>or http://208.160.255.143/pgsql/pgsql.exe
>+>
>+>Tonio
>+>
>+>Steve Jorgensen wrote:
>+>>
>+>> I'm working with a group of people who need to use PostgreSQL on
>+>> Windows, but are not yet knowledgeable hackers.  I am also in this
>+>> category.
>+>>
>+>> I need to be able to install a reasonably recent version of PostgreSQL
>+>> on Windows NT or Windows 2K, and I need to be able to create a list of
>+>> step-by-step instructions for the other group members on how to do the
>+>> same.
>+>>
>+>> All the instructions I have found so far take you just so far, then
>+>> say now just proceed as normal.  What's normal?  Also, I should assume
>+>> most people will be using the Cygwin tools, not VC++, though I'd like
>+>> to be able to send out binaries and not have everyone have to worry
>+>> about compiling at all.
>+>>
>+>> I found a binary package of 7.0 for Windows NT, but the Docs for
>+>> Windows seem to be only how to compile and install one library dll.
>+>> Since i have a binary package, I hope I don't need to compile, but in
>+>> any case, I still don't know how to install.
>+>>
>+>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>+>
>+>--
>+>tonio@novadeck.com - http://nioto.com/
>+
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