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>Chapter 15. Client-Only Installation on <SPAN
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>Windows</SPAN
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><P
> Although a complete <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> installation
for <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Windows</SPAN
> can only be built using
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>MinGW</SPAN
> or
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Cygwin</SPAN
>, the C client library
(<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>libpq</SPAN
>) and the interactive terminal
(<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>psql</SPAN
>) can be compiled using other Windows
tool sets. Makefiles are included in the source distribution for
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Microsoft Visual C++</SPAN
> and
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Borland C++</SPAN
>. It should be possible to
compile the libraries manually for other configurations.
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><B
>Tip: </B
> Using <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>MinGW</SPAN
> or
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Cygwin</SPAN
> is preferred. If using one of
those tool sets, see <A
HREF="installation.html"
>Chapter 14</A
>.
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><P
> To build everything that you can on <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Windows</SPAN
>
using <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Microsoft Visual C++</SPAN
>, change into the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>src</TT
> directory and type the command
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>nmake /f win32.mak</KBD
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This assumes that you have <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Visual C++</SPAN
> in
your path.
</P
><P
> To build everything using <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Borland
C++</SPAN
>, change into the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>src</TT
> directory
and type the command
</P><PRE
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CLASS="USERINPUT"
>make -N -DCFG=Release /f bcc32.mak</KBD
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><P>
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><P
> The following files will be built:
<P
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><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.dll</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The dynamically linkable frontend library
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>interfaces\libpq\Release\libpqdll.lib</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Import library to link your programs to <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>libpq.dll</TT
>
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.lib</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Static version of the frontend library
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\pg_config\Release\pg_config.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\psql\Release\psql.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\pg_dump\Release\pg_dump.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\pg_dump\Release\pg_dumpall.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\pg_dump\Release\pg_restore.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\clusterdb.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\createdb.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\createuser.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\createlang.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\dropdb.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\dropuser.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\droplang.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\vacuumdb.exe</TT
><BR><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bin\scripts\Release\reindexdb.exe</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> client applications and utilities.
</P
></DD
></DL
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><P>
</P
><P
> Normally you do not need to install any of the client files. You should
place the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>libpq.dll</TT
> file in the same directory
as your applications .EXE-file. Only if this is for some reason not
possible should you install it in the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>WINNT\SYSTEM32</TT
>
directory (or in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>WINDOWS\SYSTEM</TT
> on a Windows 95/98/ME
system). If this file is installed using a setup program, it should
be installed with version checking using the
<TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>VERSIONINFO</TT
> resource included in the file, to
ensure that a newer version of the library is not overwritten.
</P
><P
> If you plan to do development using <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>libpq</SPAN
>
on this machine, you will have to add the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>src\include</TT
> and
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>src\interfaces\libpq</TT
> subdirectories of the source
tree to the include path in your compiler's settings.
</P
><P
> To use the library, you must add the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>libpqdll.lib</TT
> file to your project. (In Visual
C++, just right-click on the project and choose to add it.)
</P
><P
> Free development tools from <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Microsoft</SPAN
>
can be downloaded from
<A
HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/</A
>.
You will also need <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>MSVCRT.lib</TT
> from the platform SDK from
<A
HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/</A
>.
You can also download the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>.NET</SPAN
> framework from
<A
HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx"
TARGET="_top"
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx</A
>.
Once installed, the toolkit binaries must be in your path, and you might
need to add a <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>/lib:<libpath></TT
> to point to <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>MSVCRT.lib</TT
>.
Free <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Borland C++</SPAN
> compiler tools can be downloaded from
<A
HREF="http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html#"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html#</A
>,
and require similar setup.
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