6.2. Installing PostgreSQL on Windows

Installing PostgreSQL on Microsoft Windows differs significantly from installing it on Unix. However, PostgreSQL can be run on Windows reliably and many people have chosen Windows as their default platform.

People using PostgreSQL on Windows usually use the binary distribution of PostgreSQL, which is included in Red Hat's Cygwin package. Cygwin is a product that provides a rich set of Unix tools for Windows users. One of these packages is PostgreSQL.

6.2.1. Installing the Cygwin Tools

To install Cygwin, check out http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ and click on Install Cygwin now to download a file called setup.exe. Start setup.exe and follow the instructions to install Cygwin. PostgreSQL is part of the Cygwin ...

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