Re: PostgreSQL for Windows installation

Steve Riley Wrote:
> I'm trying to follow your directions for installing PostgreSQL for
> windows under the link http://www.ca.postgresql.org/docs/faq-mswin.html
> but this set of directions seems to be old. I can no longer download
> the cygipc package, as it is "Obsolete". In the setup.exe, I tried
> including under the Utils section the "cygutils" option, but there is
> still no ipc-daemon.
>

Try this from a Cygwin terminal:

$ cd /tmp
$ lynx -source
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/cygipc/cygipc-1.11-1.tar.
bz2 > cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
$ bunzip2.exe cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
$ cd /
$ tar -xvf /tmp/cygipc-1.11-1.tar

Note that the final two steps are a bit unconventional. The tar file expects
to unroll directly into 'usr/local' with no leading '/' so the fastest
install is to cd to root first and then unroll it. Once you've done this:

$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ ls
ipc-daemon.exe ipck ipcrm.exe ipcs.exe ipctest.exe

I've had mixed results doing the install-as-service approach so I usually
just start the ipc-daemon manually via:

$ ipc-daemon.exe &

> What am I supposed to do next?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Riley
> seriley(at)pacbell(dot)net
>
>
>
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