Re: running postgresql7.3.4 under windows

Hi jason,
Thanks for reply and help..
still confusing,, prebuilt binaries of postgresql? or cygwin?.
could you clue me which version of cygwin,postgresql,postgis would be
compatible to make work out on win2000 pro?. and for this is there any
necesity to download and install gCC externally?.

Thanks in advance..

Rgds,
prasad.Ch

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Tishler [mailto:jason(at)tishler(dot)net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:21 AM
To: Chigurupati, Prasad
Cc: 'pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org'
Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] running postgresql7.3.4 under windows

Prasad,

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 05:01:31PM +0800, Chigurupati, Prasad wrote:
> I am trying to install Postgresql7.3.4 under windows using latest
> cygwin. I downloaded and installed the cygwin in to my machine win
> 2000 under e:\cygwin folder. I am sure that gcc also comes with
> cygwin.so it means GCC also installed under my machine. after that
> when i tries to install and configure postgresql7.3.4 i am getting
> error msg as
> "checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
> cannot create executables"
> this error msf am getting when i used "./configure --enable-multibyte
> --with-CXX --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
> --docdir=/usr/doc/postgresql-$version" command.
> since am new to unix/lynx environment am getting confused to where
> this gcc will sit under e:\cygwin.I searched this folder. at different
> locations the gcc related files were located. so could any body help
> to where this GCC will site under home directory of cygwin. and what
> may be the reason for above error. and where to set the path vaiable
> for this gcc.? could any body can clear my problem issue..

Given the above, why not just use the pre-built version that is part of
the standard Cygwin distribution?

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2003-08/msg00001.html

Jason

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