"Mohamed Yassin Eltabakh" <meltabak@cs.purdue.edu> writes: > But when I try to "initdb" it gives me the following error: > The program "postgres" is needed by "initdb" but was not found in the same > directory as "/cygdrive/c/PostgresInstallation/pgsql/bin/initdb" Check your > installation. What happens if you try "postgres -V" by hand? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate

"Mohamed Yassin Eltabakh" <meltabak@cs.purdue.edu> writes: >> What happens if you try "postgres -V" by hand? > The response is nothing (empty). No version number appears. Well, that's why initdb is not happy, but the next question is why linking in libxml2 breaks postgres that thoroughly. No idea on that one, I'm afraid you'll have to try to get some cygwin experts involved ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly