Re: Installing PGSQL on Windows XP

Vishwanath, Kiran - Mission wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I am trying to install PGSQL on a Windows XP box and have downloaded a
> snapshot of the tar ball onto my box. I am unable to run the ./configure
> command and am not sure if I have missed any pre-requisites like a C
> compiler or something else.
>
> I tried looking at the read me and install files without much use, could
> you please let me know the exact procedure to carry out this
> installation on an XP box?

If you want to install from source, see the FAQ at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_MINGW.html.

If you just want to get the binaries in there and just use the database,
get the MSI file from the main FTP site and install from there. See
http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/.

//Magnus