Tom,
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:16:08AM -0400, Tom Berger wrote:
> How to install PostgreSQL on Windows:
>
> I am stuck on step 3. I downloaded cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 to my c:\ drive
> and am typing
>
> $tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
>
> but am getting an error message
The "$" above indicates the prompt. Just type the following:
tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
> I don't understand what you mean by step 3.
See below...
> Does it have to be saved to a particular folder
Yes, but the above tar command will take care of that.
> and what do you mean by step 3?
The Windows system PATH must have the Cygwin bin directories listed
before the Windows ones. For example, under Windows 2000:
C:\home\jt>set path
Path=C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;C:\cygwin\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;...
You may find the following helpful too:
http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.2.1.README
Jason