[postgis] Installation on Windows 2000 using Cygwin

[Doug Van Auken]

Figured out the problem: I was extracting the binary with WinZip, which destroyed the symlink.  I recreated the link using:
$ ln -s /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres.exe /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster

see: http://archives2.us.postgresql.org/pgsql-cygwin/2001-05/msg00019.php

Now, I have another problem:

If I type in any command such as \l or "select * from item", I get "less: not found."

Does anyone know what this is about? 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Doug Van Auken 
  To: postgis at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 2:06 PM
  Subject: [postgis] Installation on Windows 2000 using Cygwin


  Hello,

  I am trying to install Postgresql 7.1.3 on Windows 2000 and Cygwin, using the binaries contained in Cygwin's postgresql 7.1.3 distribution, but I can't get it running.

  I have the binaries located in c:/cygwin/local/pgsql/bin.  

  After I unpacked the, I did the following:

  I executed the ipc-daemon:
    Administrator at PHOENIX ~
    $ /usr/local/bin/ipc-daemon.exe &
    [1] 1516


  I executed the initdb command:
    Administrator at PHOENIX /bin
    $ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

  Then I ran this command:
     /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

  At this point, I got a message that said: bash: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: No such file or directory

  I don't see any program called postmaster in the postgresql archive, so I tried substituting "POSTGRES" in place of "POSTMASTER", as in:
    $ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

  This generated the following response:
    $ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data 
    DEBUG:  database system was shut down at 2001-11-18 11:46:59
    DEBUG:  CheckPoint record at (0, 1563272)
    DEBUG:  Redo record at (0, 1563272); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE
    DEBUG:  NextTransactionId: 615; NextOid: 18720 
    DEBUG:  database system is in production state
    FATAL 1:  Database "Administrator" does not exist in the system catalog.
    DEBUG:  shutting down
    DEBUG:  database system is shut down

  All the documentation I have points to a program called postmaster, but I don't see this program located in the distribution.  I also tried downloading the distribution from two different locations, but I still do not see the postmaster program.

  Another strange thing is that I tried to create a postgres user in Windows 2000, then logged in as that user.  However, when I started Cygwin, I still had the "Administrator at PHOENIX", instead of postgres at PHOENIX prompt.

  Thanks,

  Doug Van Auken

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