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Installation Problems

From
"Brice Mason"
Date:
Hello,

I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on a Windows 2000 machine. So far, I
have done the following:

1.) Installed cygwin on F:\cygwin
2.) Downloaded cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 to F:\cygwin.
3.) Ran tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 which went fine.
4.) Started cygipc using the command "ipc-daemon &" which went fine.
5.) Downloaded postgresql-7.1.3.tar.gz into /usr/local/src which was copied
from the CD included in the O'Reilly book "Practical PostgreSQL".
6.) Ran tar -xzvf postgresql-7.1.3.tar.gz which went through fine and
created the postgresql-7.1.3 folder and its contents.
7.) Now, I change to the newly created postgresql-7.1.3 folder and try to
run "./configure" and it fails with the following from the "config" log file
created in postgresql folder:

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
cannot find -lcygipc

What is the problem?

I have:

1.) Verified the version of gcc by running "gcc --version" which is 3.2
2.) Verify that the ipc-daemon is running using "ps" before I try
"./configure"
3.) I have placed the F:\cygwin\bin directory at the front of my PATH
environment variable.

What am I missing? Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. I know
this is a common problem. I have researched similar errors but they don't
seem to work. Thanks in advance,

Brice Mason





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Re: Installation Problems

From
Jason Tishler
Date:
Brice,

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:34:07AM -0500, Brice Mason wrote:
> I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on a Windows 2000 machine. So
> far, I have done the following:
>
> 1.) Installed cygwin on F:\cygwin
> [snip]
>
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lcygipc
>
> What is the problem?

The above indicates that ld cannot find libcygipc.a.  What is the
*exact* command line that produces the above error message?

Note that I have never built PostgreSQL under Cygwin gcc 3.x before --
maybe there is a problem?

> 2.) Verify that the ipc-daemon is running using "ps" before I try
> "./configure"

The above is irrelevant.  ipc-daemon only needs to be running for
postmaster, initdb, etc. not during a build.

> What am I missing?

Why not use the pre-built 7.2.3 that is part of the standard Cygwin
distribution?  Rerun Cygwin's setup.exe and select PostgreSQL from under
the Database category.

> Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.

Please read the README:

    http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.2.3.README

or after installation:

    /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.2.3.README

Thanks,
Jason

Re: Installation Problems

From
"Brice Mason"
Date:
Jason,

Thanks, I installed gcc 2.95 and it went through just fine. I guess I just
assumed to use the latest and greatest. Thanks again, it works great.

- Brice Mason






>From: Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net>
>To: Brice Mason <bricemason@hotmail.com>
>CC: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
>Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] Installation Problems
>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:39:05 -0500
>
>Brice,
>
>On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:34:07AM -0500, Brice Mason wrote:
> > I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on a Windows 2000 machine. So
> > far, I have done the following:
> >
> > 1.) Installed cygwin on F:\cygwin
> > [snip]
> >
> > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> > cannot find -lcygipc
> >
> > What is the problem?
>
>The above indicates that ld cannot find libcygipc.a.  What is the
>*exact* command line that produces the above error message?
>
>Note that I have never built PostgreSQL under Cygwin gcc 3.x before --
>maybe there is a problem?
>
> > 2.) Verify that the ipc-daemon is running using "ps" before I try
> > "./configure"
>
>The above is irrelevant.  ipc-daemon only needs to be running for
>postmaster, initdb, etc. not during a build.
>
> > What am I missing?
>
>Why not use the pre-built 7.2.3 that is part of the standard Cygwin
>distribution?  Rerun Cygwin's setup.exe and select PostgreSQL from under
>the Database category.
>
> > Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.
>
>Please read the README:
>
>
>http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.2.3.README
>
>or after installation:
>
>     /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.2.3.README
>
>Thanks,
>Jason


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Re: Installation Problems

From
Jason Tishler
Date:
Brice,

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 07:18:27AM -0500, Brice Mason wrote:
> Thanks, I installed gcc 2.95 and it went through just fine. I guess I
> just assumed to use the latest and greatest. Thanks again, it works
> great.

I'm glad that you "solved" your build problem, but downgrading isn't the
best long-term solution.  Please send me your config.log from the gcc
3.x build.  I need to better understand why configure failed in your
environment.

BTW, is there any reason why you can't use the pre-built package?

Thanks,
Jason

Re: Installation Problems

From
"Brice Mason"
Date:
>From: Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net>

>Please send me your config.log from the gcc
>3.x build.  I need to better understand why configure failed in your
>environment.

OK

>BTW, is there any reason why you can't use the pre-built package?

I just wanted to go through a full installation from source.

Thanks,

Brice

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