Re: Windows install - Mailing list pgsql-general

After I install Cygwin, I look in the cygwin root, and there's a
folder called postgresql-7.1RC2.  This folder appears to contain the
files for installing Cygwin including the INSTALL document I referred
to.  What did you find in your Cygwin install?

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:43:57 +0000 (UTC), wrong@crosswinds.net
("charlie derr") wrote:

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