Re: pgsql instalation

"Leeuw van der, Tim" <[email protected]> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:48:04 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.db.postgresql.cygwin
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Hi,
 
If you are trying this with a recent version of postgresql for cygwin, then instead of ipc-daemon you should start cygserver. I believe that the instructions are in the README in the docs, but I'm not sure of the exact path to the right version of the docs.
 
--Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Loyiso Tyira - BCX - Networks
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 3:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CYGWIN] pgsql instalation



> I am trying to install posgresql on cygwin on XP. I have installed postgesql 

> and cygipc. Did the following steps

 

> 1. $ ipc-daemon&

> 2. $ mkdir /whatever/path/pgsql

> 3. $ initdb -D /whatever/path/pgsql

> 4. $ pg_ctl -D /whatever/path/pgsql -o "-i" start 

5. $ createdb testdb

> 

> But step 3 fails in the end.

> Can anyone help

 

Kind Regards,
Loyiso Tyira
Networks