How to install PostgreSQL on Windows

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$Date:2003/11/28 20:22:18 $

$Date:2004/07/2022:56:40 $

PostgreSQL requires the appropriate subset of Cygwin DLLs to be

installed in order that it functions under Windows.

3. Once the download and install process is complete, open a Cygwin

shell and do the following for a basic installation:

3a. Startipc-daemon2 for shared memory support. To do this,

enter the command "ipc-daemon2 &". This program

3a. Startcygserver for shared memory support. To do this,

enter the command "/usr/sbin/cygserver &". This program

needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL server

(postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb).

4. You are now running a PostgreSQL server on your Windows machine.

5. It is possible to installipc-daemon2 and the postmaster as

5. It is possible to installcygserver and the postmaster as

Windows NT services. For information on how to do this, please

refer to the README document included with Cygwin PostgreSQL. It

is installed in the /usr/share/doc/Cygwin directory.

(On some systems you can have up to about 10 simultaneous connections).

3. The default cygserver configuration may need to be changed (e.g.,

increase SEMMNS) to prevent PostgreSQL from failing due to a lack of

system resources.

Problem reports can be sent to pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org.