Re: Getting started on W2K installation of postgreSQL

Robby,

If you don't want to compile it, you can just use the binary that comes with
cygwin

look at the postmaster and initdb man pages to get you started.

- make sure you also get cygipc
(http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/)

Russell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robby Slaughter" <webmaster(at)robbyslaughter(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 5:36 PM
Subject: [CYGWIN] Getting started on W2K installation of postgreSQL

> Folks,
>
> I'm just trying to get started on setting up postgreSQL on a Windows 2000
> box, and I'm horribly confused. I've tried both techinqiues: compile
> natively using Visual C++, and install cygwin and run the "Unix" version.
>
> I'm to the point where I'm running a bash shell and am trying to start the
> "easy" installation instrucitons. However, when I type in "./configure"
> I get hte error:
>
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot
> create executables.
>
> I tried changing the permissions on the postgresql-7.1.2 directory but
> that didn't seem to help. Any ideas?
>
> Stuck but hopeful,
> Robby
>
>
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