RE: Re: Windows install

+
+After I install Cygwin, I look in the cygwin root, and there's a
+folder called postgresql-7.1RC2.  This folder appears to contain the
+files for installing Cygwin including the INSTALL document I referred
+to.  What did you find in your Cygwin install?

I had cygwin installed previously (from many months, if not years ago).
When I ran the pgsql.exe file mentioned at the bottom of all the quoted
stuff in this post, it unzipped 10 files.  One of those was a setup.exe, so
i ran that.  This seemed to install everything that is necessary (including
cygwin, and now that i look closer, an ipc-daemon.exe file as well).   I
believe we must be talking about two completely different installs, as the
file I'm working with seemed to install 7.0.3, not 7.1RC2.  It sure looks
from the quoted stuff that you got your file from
http://208.160.255.143/pgsql/pgsql.exe.  That's where I got what I'm working
with.

    ~c

+
+On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:43:57 +0000 (UTC), wrong@crosswinds.net
+("charlie derr") wrote:
+
+>
+>
+>+
+>+
+>+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.
+>
+>
+>I'm confused.  I don't find an INSTALL document anywhere.  Nor do I find a
+>configure file.
+>
+>
+>+
+>+$ ./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
+>
+>
+>
+>I'm trying this one out now.  Thank you for the info.
+>
+>    ~c
+>
+>
+>+
+>+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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