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<chapter id="install-win32">
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<title>Installation on <productname>Windows</productname></title>
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<indexterm>
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<primary>installation</primary>
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<secondary>on Windows</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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Build, installation, and use instructions for
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> client libraries on
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<productname>Windows</productname>
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<para>
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Although <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is written for
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Unix-like operating systems, the C client library
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(<application>libpq</application>) and the interactive terminal
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(<application>psql</application>) can be compiled natively under
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Windows. The makefiles included in the source distribution are
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written for <productname>Microsoft Visual C++</productname> and will
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probably not work with other systems. It should be possible to
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compile the libraries manually in other cases.
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</para>
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<tip>
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<para>
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If you are using Windows NT/2000 you can build and use all of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> <quote>the Unix way</quote>
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if you install the <productname>Cygwin</productname> toolkit first.
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In that case see <xref linkend="installation">.
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</para>
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</tip>
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<para>
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To build everything that you can on
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<productname>Windows</productname>, change into the
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<filename>src</filename> directory and type the command
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<screen>
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<userinput>nmake /f win32.mak</userinput>
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</screen>
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This assumes that you have <productname>Visual C++</productname> in
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your path.
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</para>
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<para>
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The following files will be built:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.dll</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The dynamically linkable frontend library
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>interfaces\libpq\Release\libpqdll.lib</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Import library to link your program to <filename>libpq.dll</filename>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.lib</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Static library version of the frontend library
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>bin\psql\Release\psql.exe</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> interactive terminal
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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The only file that really needs to be installed is the
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<filename>libpq.dll</filename> library. This file should in most
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cases be placed in the <filename>WINNT\SYSTEM32</filename> directory
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(or in <filename>WINDOWS\SYSTEM</filename> on a Windows 95/98/ME
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system). If this file is installed using a setup program, it should
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be installed with version checking using the
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<symbol>VERSIONINFO</symbol> resource included in the file, to
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ensure that a newer version of the library is not overwritten.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you plan to do development using <application>libpq</application> on this machine, you will
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have to add the <filename>src\include</filename> and
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<filename>src\interfaces\libpq</filename> subdirectories of the
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source tree to the include path in your compilers settings.
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</para>
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<para>
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To use the libraries, you must add the
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<filename>libpqdll.lib</filename> file to your project. (In Visual
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C++, just right-click on the project and chose to add it.)
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</para>
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</chapter>
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