[postgis] Installation on Windows 2000 using Cygwin

[Daniel Ems]

less is a program used to display multiple pages of text one page at a
time (among other things).  It looks like postgresql is trying to use it
but can't find it.  It shouldn't be too hard to get this program and
install it.

Daniel Ems


On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Doug Van Auken wrote:

> 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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