Installing PostgreSQL without using CygWin

From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of ken andrew
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:27 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: [GENERAL] Installing PostgreSQL without using CygWin

Hi,

I would like to know if there is a way to install PostgreSQL in Windows NT Server 2003 without installing CygWin. The client insists on not installing CygWin.

The current version of the Installer installs a native build. Cygwin has not been used in the standard Windows build for a long time.

Go here:

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.1/win32/

Get this:

http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=%2Fbinary%2Fv8.3.1%2Fwin32%2Fpostgresql-8.3.1-1.zip

<<

Dann Corbit wrote:

The current version of the Installer installs a native build. Cygwin
has not been used in the standard Windows build for a long time.

Go here:

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.1/win32/

Get this:

http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=%2Fbinary%2Fv8.3.1%2Fwin32%2Fpostgresql-8.3.1-1.zip

<<

The 'latest' directory on http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/ points
to 8.3.1 not 8.3.3

This is the one you need

http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=%2Fbinary%2Fv8.3.3%2Fwin32%2Fpostgresql-8.3.3-1.zip

klint.

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Klint Gore wrote:

Dann Corbit wrote:

The current version of the Installer installs a native build. Cygwin
has not been used in the standard Windows build for a long time.

Go here:

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.1/win32/

Get this:

http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=%2Fbinary%2Fv8.3.1%2Fwin32%2Fpostgresql-8.3.1-1.zip

<<

The 'latest' directory on http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/ points
to 8.3.1 not 8.3.3

This is the one you need

http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=%2Fbinary%2Fv8.3.3%2Fwin32%2Fpostgresql-8.3.3-1.zip

Yes, I can confirm that:

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/latest/

points to the wrong place. I ssh'ed to
postgresql.org/var/spool/ftp/pub/binary and updated the symlink. I
assume that is all I need to fix it and that that is the master ftp
location.

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Better to go here:

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.3/win32/

and get the latest version