Обсуждение: Trying Cygwin version of PostgreSQL
Hello PostgreSQL, I am trying to install the PostgreSQL 7.2 downloaded by Cygwin but the install does not match any of the documentation. Help! Last year I installed PostgreSQL 7.1 on NT for a one off project then deleted it. I used the pg download then added Cygwin using the Cygwin download. Everything worked after I put together documentation from several included files, a few web pages and lots of experiments. This time I am attempting to use the Cygwin download including PostgreSQL. The documentation is scattered over several documents and none match the actual installation process. I resorted to trial and error. Initdb hangs when "Creating template1 database" so there must be a step missing. Given the many "try this" paragraphs across several documents, I estimate the number of combinations will exceed the storage capacity of a 32 bit integer. Should I give up on Cygwin and go back to what I did last time? Is there a document or web page that describes a successful installation step by step? Peter
Peter <peter@helpnet.com.au> writes:
> I resorted to trial and error. Initdb hangs when "Creating template1
> database" so there must be a step missing.
I think you forgot to run the cygipc daemon.
regards, tom lane
Great! But where is the documentation on doing this stuff? I'd like to try. --- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Peter <peter@helpnet.com.au> writes: > > I resorted to trial and error. Initdb hangs when > "Creating template1 > > database" so there must be a step missing. > > I think you forgot to run the cygipc daemon. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
Hi Paul, You might like to try the very good installation guide for PostgreSQL on Windows at : http://www.ejip.net/faq/postgresql_win_setup_faq.jsp Added a link to it from the techdocs.postgresql.org website earlier today too. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift On Thursday 21 February 2002 23:37, Paul Rowland wrote: > Great! But where is the documentation on doing this > stuff? I'd like to try. > > --- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > Peter <peter@helpnet.com.au> writes: > > > I resorted to trial and error. Initdb hangs when > > > > "Creating template1 > > > > > database" so there must be a step missing. > > > > I think you forgot to run the cygipc daemon. > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to > > majordomo@postgresql.org > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
Peter wrote: > > Justin Clift suggested: > http://www.ejip.net/faq/postgresql_win_setup_faq.jsp > I started from scratch following the page and adapting it where it is > out of date. I reached the stage of starting postmaster and receiving > the message: > DEBUG: pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection > DEBUG: incomplete startup packet Aww Rats. I'll try it tonight and see how it goes for me. Did you use PostgreSQL 7.2 or 7.1.3? :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > Peter -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
I have the latest Cygwin and PostgreSQL 7.2. Using the installation instructions at http://people.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html, make produces the messages: pg_passwd.o(.text+0x763):pg_passwd.c: undefined reference to 'crypt' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [pg_passwd] Error 1 The installation using the standalone PostgreSQL download works better than trying to install the Cygwin version. The target of this project is to install SQL-ledger but, if PostgreSQL works well, I might use it for other projects. The reason I persevere on NT is I need solutions that work on NT, Solaris, and Linux. MySQL, using Berkeley tables for transactions, does work on all those platforms but I hear the Berkeley tables use page locking instead of row locking. Oracle is an easy to deploy alternative but I am not about to pay $40,000 for an Oracle licence just so I can perform a few hours development each month. What I need is a bullet proof way of installing PostgreSQL on NT. Peter
Justin Clift suggested: http://www.ejip.net/faq/postgresql_win_setup_faq.jsp I started from scratch following the page and adapting it where it is out of date. I reached the stage of starting postmaster and receiving the message: DEBUG: pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection DEBUG: incomplete startup packet Peter
Peter <peter@helpnet.com.au> writes: > I have the latest Cygwin and PostgreSQL 7.2. Using the installation > instructions at http://people.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html, > make produces the messages: > pg_passwd.o(.text+0x763):pg_passwd.c: undefined reference to 'crypt' If you can figure out *why* that happens, we'll be glad to apply the fix in future versions, but there's not a lot we can do about it remotely; you're going to have to do some of the legwork yourself. (This is open source software, after all.) You could start by looking at the configure log (config.log) to see if it found libcrypt or not. If there is a libcrypt, did it get mentioned in LIBS in src/Makefile.global? Is it mentioned in the build command for pg_passwd (which you carefully omitted from your complaint)? regards, tom lane
Hi Peter, Haven't yet had the time to properly try this out. Did a quick initial installation of PostgreSQL 7.2 with cygwin 1.3.9, and got the same error as yourself. I've had reports of PostgreSQL 7.1.3 working on cygwin however, but haven't gotten around to trying that myself yet. There is a possibility that the 7.2 version of PostgreSQL that's made for cygwin might not yet be at a point where it should be, due to PostgreSQL 7.2 only very recently being released. There is a PostgreSQL "cygwin" mailing list which you can subscribe to and ask the guys there about, and this sounds like it might be the best avenue for you : http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/index.html Hoping that helps. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift On Friday 22 February 2002 16:44, Peter wrote: > Justin Clift suggested: > http://www.ejip.net/faq/postgresql_win_setup_faq.jsp > I started from scratch following the page and adapting it where it is > out of date. I reached the stage of starting postmaster and receiving > the message: > DEBUG: pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection > DEBUG: incomplete startup packet > > Peter > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org