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Here's some improvements. I just ended up referring people to Jason's

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website for install as service, because it's a quite a long and complex
process.

Christopher Kings-Lynne
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How to install PostgreSQL on Windows
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$Date: 2003/11/09 03:47:51 $
PostgreSQL requires the Cygwin set of libraries to be installed in
order that it functions under Windows.
$Date: 2003/11/12 04:14:30 $
PostgreSQL requires the appropriate subset of Cygwin DLLs to be
installed in order that it functions under Windows.
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
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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.
site that's close to you. Answer the other installer questions
appropriately for your configuration.
When you come to the point of choosing which packages to install,
expand the 'Database' section and click 'Skip' next to PostgreSQL
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Cygwin.
3. Once the download and install process is complete, open a Cygwin
shell and do the following:
shell and do the following for a basic installation:
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
3a. Start ipc-daemon2 for shared memory support. To do this,
enter the command "ipc-daemon2 &". This program
needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL server
(postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb).
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4. You are now running a PostgreSQL server on your Windows machine.
5. It is possible to install ipc-daemon2 and the postmaster as
Windows NT services. For information on how to do this, please
refer to one of the README documents here:
http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/
Building from source
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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.
utilities. This will help prevent problems with compilation.
2. Proceed according to the INSTALL file (i.e., ./configure; make; etc.)
noting the following Cygwin specific differences: