Thread: Postgres install - cygpopt missing
Hi,
I have struggled to install postgres from the latest Cygwin release. At first, I used the standard clean installation of cygwin, but the standard install uses cygipc 2.0.1-2, which appears to need some extras to run. At first, I got a __getreent error from the cygwin1 dll when trying to start ipc-daemon2, but then I installed the latest (experimental) version and got different errors. After messing about for a while, I found that if I installed the “Exp” installation of cygwin, most of the required libraries were installed. The exception was libpopt, which I installed manually. After this, all was well.
This may indicate some problems with the dependencies and packages in the distribution. I note that http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.3.4.README doesn’t mention the libpopt package as a requirement.
Cheers,
Brian Lowe.
PS. Should this be posted to a more general cygwin mailing list ?
Brian, On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:50:43AM +1000, Brian Lowe wrote: > I have struggled to install postgres from the latest Cygwin release. > At first, I used the standard clean installation of cygwin, but the > standard install uses cygipc 2.0.1-2, which appears to need some > extras to run. At first, I got a __getreent error from the cygwin1 dll > when trying to start ipc-daemon2, but then I installed the latest > (experimental) version and got different errors. After messing about > for a while, I found that if I installed the "Exp" installation of > cygwin, most of the required libraries were installed. The exception > was libpopt, which I installed manually. After this, all was well. Unfortunately, you are experiencing some of the pain associated with the impending upgrade of Cygwin from 32-bit to 64-bit I/O. Welcome to the party :,) > This may indicate some problems with the dependencies and packages in the > distribution. I note that http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/ > postgresql-7.3.4.README doesn't mention the libpopt package as a requirement. Try again and do a "Curr" installation. Then follow the above README -- especially the part about installation cygipc 1.14-1. Hopefully, the pain will end on 2003/8/23 -- the scheduled Cygwin 1.5.x release date. Sigh... Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6