RE: 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.

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(at)organicmeat(dot)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(at)postgresql(dot)org
+>+[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Steve Jorgensen
+>+Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 6:55 PM
+>+To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)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(at)novadeck(dot)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(at)novadeck(dot)com - http://nioto.com/
+>+
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