Re: installing from source in Windows - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rob Sargent
Subject Re: installing from source in Windows
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Msg-id 4CB9D1EB.3080705@gmail.com
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In response to installing from source in Windows  ("Turner, John J" <JJTurner@statestreet.com>)
Responses Re: installing from source in Windows  (Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>)
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No at all familiar with MinGW, but I've done some "./configure"s in my time.

./configure scripts 1) check to see what the local build environment
contains and 2) which special feature you wish to toggle.

But the pretty much assume a unix-like env. Could you put cygwin on
rather than just mingw?

Turner, John J wrote:
>
> I have MinGW installed and I’ve unpacked the pg 9.0 source files which
> now reside in the following path:
>
> · C:\Program Files\postgresql-9.0.0
>
> In Chapter 15.5 of the 9.0 manual, the installation procedure
> basically begins by instructing me to run_ ./configure_
>
> This command does not work.
>
> Much appreciated if someone could point me in the right direction or
> clue me in to what I need in order to run the configuration script.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>

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