Re: Installation Problems

Brice,

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:34:07AM -0500, Brice Mason wrote:
> I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on a Windows 2000 machine. So
> far, I have done the following:
>
> 1.) Installed cygwin on F:\cygwin
> [snip]
>
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lcygipc
>
> What is the problem?

The above indicates that ld cannot find libcygipc.a. What is the
*exact* command line that produces the above error message?

Note that I have never built PostgreSQL under Cygwin gcc 3.x before --
maybe there is a problem?

> 2.) Verify that the ipc-daemon is running using "ps" before I try
> "./configure"

The above is irrelevant. ipc-daemon only needs to be running for
postmaster, initdb, etc. not during a build.

> What am I missing?

Why not use the pre-built 7.2.3 that is part of the standard Cygwin
distribution? Rerun Cygwin's setup.exe and select PostgreSQL from under
the Database category.

> Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.

Please read the README:

http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.2.3.README

or after installation:

/usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.2.3.README

Thanks,
Jason