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 | | From: | Van Ingen, Lane | | Subject: | What Do I Need to Get Started with PostreSQL for Win32 (version 8.0) | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:28:22 -0500 |
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 | I visited the web site and downloaded version 8.0 rc5 for Windows.
Didn't see anything telling me what to download, so I selected what I think I needed from the ftp site:
/binary/win32: took postgresql-8.0.zip (didn't take the .sig file, don't know what it is)
/dev/doc: not sure what to get here; couldn't read the doc with notepad, it lost a lot of formatting.
Found a file, and unpacked it as best I could, found I needed something called docbook2man.
Got the tarball unpacked by a friend. Looks like I need a Unix box to do this, don't have one.
(see related question at end of message*)
/latest: downloaded none of this directory.
/odbc/versions.full: took most recent date (psqlodbc_07_03_0200.zip)
/pgadm3/release/v1.2.0/: took win32 version
/projects: didn't know if any of this was useful to me or not, didn't take any
/source and /src: assumed I didn't need this unless I wanted to play with program code
/stable-snapshot: didn't download, didn't know what it was for
/v8.00: didn't know what this was, didn't download since I appear to have binary from /binary
/win32: didn't take any of this; as the zip files look like the same name, file size, and date of what I
downloaded from /binary
QUESTIONS:
Did I get it all?
Anything else I should have to get a basic site up for the first time?
Any other admin tools recommended?
No install instructions found. Where do I start?
* Where can I get the docs for 8.0 without using Unix? Found a PDF for 7.4.2, is that close enough?
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| | From: | John DeSoi | | Subject: | Re: What Do I Need to Get Started with PostreSQL for Win32 (version 8.0) | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:07:37 -0500 |
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On Jan 20, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Van Ingen, Lane wrote:
> QUESTIONS:
> Did I get it all?
> Anything else I should have to get a basic site up for the first time?
> Any other admin tools recommended?
> No install instructions found. Where do I start?
> * Where can I get the docs for 8.0 without using Unix? Found a PDF for
> 7.4.2, is that close enough?
Start here to get an installer for Windows. Step-by-step instructions
and a FAQ document are included.
http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL
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| | From: | Sean Davis | | Subject: | Re: What Do I Need to Get Started with PostreSQL for Win32 (version 8.0) | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:58:26 -0500 |
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On Jan 20, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Van Ingen, Lane wrote:
> I visited the web site and downloaded version 8.0 rc5 for Windows.
>
> Didn't see anything telling me what to download, so I selected what I
> think I needed from the ftp site:
>
> /binary/win32: took postgresql-8.0.zip (didn't take the .sig file,
> don't know what it is)
> /dev/doc: not sure what to get here; couldn't read the doc with
> notepad, it lost a lot of formatting.
> Found a file, and unpacked it as best I could, found I needed
> something called docbook2man.
> Got the tarball unpacked by a friend. Looks like I need a Unix box
> to do this, don't have one.
> (see related question at end of message*)
> /latest: downloaded none of this directory.
> /odbc/versions.full: took most recent date (psqlodbc_07_03_0200.zip)
> /pgadm3/release/v1.2.0/: took win32 version
> /projects: didn't know if any of this was useful to me or not, didn't
> take any
> /source and /src: assumed I didn't need this unless I wanted to play
> with program code
> /stable-snapshot: didn't download, didn't know what it was for
> /v8.00: didn't know what this was, didn't download since I appear to
> have binary from /binary
> /win32: didn't take any of this; as the zip files look like the same
> name, file size, and date of what I
> downloaded from /binary
>
> QUESTIONS:
> Did I get it all?
I think you only need the file, which you probably already have.
http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?
file=win32%2Fpostgresql-8.0.zip
If I recall, it has pgAdminIII included.
> Anything else I should have to get a basic site up for the first time?
> Any other admin tools recommended?
> No install instructions found. Where do I start?
It is a binary installer, I think. Just double-click on it. It will
be uncompressed. Then, click on the installer. I haven't done this in
a while on a PC, but I think it is pretty straightforward, just like
installing any other program for Windows.
> * Where can I get the docs for 8.0 without using Unix? Found a PDF for
> 7.4.2, is that close enough?
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/
HTH.
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| | From: | Tjibbe Rijpma | | Subject: | Re: What Do I Need to Get Started with PostreSQL for Win32 (version 8.0) | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:58:39 +0100 |
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| Nope
There is a Win32 installer:
http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/
Good luck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Van Ingen, Lane"
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 21:28
Subject: [NOVICE] What Do I Need to Get Started with PostreSQL for Win32
(version 8.0)
> I visited the web site and downloaded version 8.0 rc5 for Windows.
>
> Didn't see anything telling me what to download, so I selected what I
think I needed from the ftp site:
>
> /binary/win32: took postgresql-8.0.zip (didn't take the .sig file, don't
know what it is)
> /dev/doc: not sure what to get here; couldn't read the doc with notepad,
it lost a lot of formatting.
> Found a file, and unpacked it as best I could, found I needed
something called docbook2man.
> Got the tarball unpacked by a friend. Looks like I need a Unix box to
do this, don't have one.
> (see related question at end of message*)
> /latest: downloaded none of this directory.
> /odbc/versions.full: took most recent date (psqlodbc_07_03_0200.zip)
> /pgadm3/release/v1.2.0/: took win32 version
> /projects: didn't know if any of this was useful to me or not, didn't take
any
> /source and /src: assumed I didn't need this unless I wanted to play with
program code
> /stable-snapshot: didn't download, didn't know what it was for
> /v8.00: didn't know what this was, didn't download since I appear to have
binary from /binary
> /win32: didn't take any of this; as the zip files look like the same name,
file size, and date of what I
> downloaded from /binary
>
> QUESTIONS:
> Did I get it all?
> Anything else I should have to get a basic site up for the first time?
> Any other admin tools recommended?
> No install instructions found. Where do I start?
> * Where can I get the docs for 8.0 without using Unix? Found a PDF for
7.4.2, is that close enough?
>
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