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diff --git a/doc/FAQ_MSWIN b/doc/FAQ_MSWIN index c4754df456d..25e2e8229c9 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_MSWIN +++ b/doc/FAQ_MSWIN @@ -1,37 +1,67 @@ How to install PostgreSQL on Windows ==================================== -$Date: 2002/11/11 20:04:05 $ +$Date: 2003/11/09 03:47:51 $ -1. Install the latest Cygwin package, available at http://cygwin.com/. - The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32 - API. +PostgreSQL requires the Cygwin set of libraries to be installed in +order that it functions under Windows. - A pre-built PostgreSQL is part of the standard Cygwin distribution - and is installed by Cygwin's setup.exe. You are encouraged to use - this version unless it does not meet your needs. Please read the - README file, /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-${version}.README, where - "${version}" is the version (e.g., 7.2). +This document assumes that you do not have Cygwin already installed +on your system. If that is not the case, then you will need to +adjust these instructions accordingly. -2. Install the latest cygipc package, available at - http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/. - Do not use versions prior to 1.04, they will not work. +1. Download and run the Cygwin installer. Visit http://cygwin.com/ and + click on the "Install Cygwin now' link. This will prompt you + to download a "setup.exe". Save this file somewhere on your + system and then execute it. - Use the following command to install the cygipc package: +2. Proceed through the Cygwin install wizard. Choose 'Install from + Internet', specify a Local Package Directory and choose a mirror + site that's close to you. Leave everything else as-is. - $ tar -C / -xjf cygipc-${version}.tar.bz2 + When you come to the point of choosing which packages to install, + expand the 'Database' section and click 'Skip' next to PostgreSQL + to change it to the latest version of PostgreSQL available for + Cygwin. - where "${version}" is the version (e.g., 1.11-1). +3. Once the download and install process is complete, open a Cygwin + shell and do the following: -3. The Cygwin bin directory has to be placed in the path before the - Windows program directories, because the sort.exe has to be taken - from Cygwin, not Windows. + 3a. Start ipc-daemon2 for shared memory support. Use + "net start ipc-daemon2", if you want ipc-daemon2 installed + as a service; otherwise, use "ipc-daemon2 &". This program + needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL server + (postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb). -4. Start ipc-daemon from the cygipc package. Use "net start ipc-daemon", - if ipc-daemon is installed as a service; otherwise, use "ipc-daemon &". - This program needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL - server (postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb). + 3b. Use the initdb command to create a new database cluster. An + example command would be: -5. Proceed according to the INSTALL file (i.e., ./configure; make; etc.) + initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -W -E LATIN1 + + Which will create a cluster in the /usr/local/pgsql/data + directory, will prompt for a superuser password and will + set the default database encoding to LATIN1. + + 3c. Start up the postmaster. Use a command similar to the + following: + + postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data + + This will start the postmaster, and if successful you will + see some initial log entries, and an entry "LOG: database + system is ready". + +4. You are now running a PostgreSQL server on your Windows machine. + +Building from source +-------------------- + +There are some points that are only relevant if you are building Cygwin +PostgreSQL from source: + +1. Set your path to use the Cygwin bin directory before the Windows + utilities. Cygwin sort must be used in preference to Windows sort.exe. + +2. Proceed according to the INSTALL file (i.e., ./configure; make; etc.) noting the following Cygwin specific differences: o The GNU make command is called "make" not "gmake". @@ -44,13 +74,19 @@ $Date: 2002/11/11 20:04:05 $ Alternatively, proceed according to the README file supplied with the Cygwin PostgreSQL package. -NOTE: The following are known issues with PostgreSQL on Windows: +Known issues +------------ 1. Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET sockets so they are inherently insecure. -2. make check can generate spurious regression test failures due to +2. "make check" can generate spurious regression test failures due to overflowing the listen() backlog queue which causes connection - refused errors. + refused errors or hangs. You can limit the number of connections + using the MAX_CONNECTIONS option thus: + + make MAX_CONNECTIONS=5 check + + (On some systems you can have up to about 10 simultaneous connections). Problem reports can be sent to pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org. |