Re: Standalone Windows Installation

Okay, that's a misunderstanding.
I don't want to build it from the sources. I want to take the official
pre-built "postgres without installer" package and put it on a Windows
machine to make it work. That doesn't work (while it should IMHO)
because of the dependencies. So I just want to add some
manifest/folders/dlls to make it work with the standard binaries. I hope
it would be possible as I don't want to rebuild all on each postgres update.

Jörn

Ashesh D Vashi schrieb:
> Jörn Heid wrote:
>> Thanks Ashesh for your answer.
>>
>> I will try to do so although I first have to install VC (or can I
>> just use the directories from WinSxS?). Is there another possibility
>> without setting an environment variable? Think of the simplest
>> distribution of just copying files (e.g. to a USB stick) and
>> "pg_ctrl.exe start" will work out of the box...
> I thought - you have built the binaries from sources. So, I was
> talking about VC installation.
> My solution should work perfectly, when you have built the binaries
> from sources using Visual Studio.
> Redistribution (copying) of these binaries should work anywhere. (You
> may need to add dependent dll(s) in the distribution package. i.e.
> ssl, krb5)
>
> Regards,
> Ashesh
>
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jörn
>>
>> Ashesh D Vashi schrieb:
>>> Jörn Heid wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> I want to use Postgres without installation. The problem is the
>>>> dependencies on the Visual C dll (msvcrt).
>>>> As far as I know it would be possible to include a manifest file
>>>> (only for libpq.dll?) and bundle the dlls from c:\windows\WinSxS
>>>> into the bin directory of Postgres.
>>>> Is this correct? Does anybody have (tested) such a manifest file?
>>>>
>>>> Jörn
>>> You just need to copy the contents of the redist/x86 under the
>>> %VCINSTALLDIR% in your distribution directory, where all
>>> dlls/executables are present.
>>> VCINSTALLDIR should be similar to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
>>> Studio 8\VC, depending on your Visual Studio Installation.
>>> This directory contains:
>>> * Microsoft.VCxx.CRT
>>> * Microsoft.VCxx.ATL
>>> ..., etc
>>>
>>> No need to copy the c:\windows\WinSxS contents.
>>>
>>> Hope this should solve your problem.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ashesh
>>>
>>
>

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