Install timescaledb-toolkit on Windows

[Cdkhanna]

Relevant system information:

• OS: Windows 10 x64
• PostgreSQL version (output of SELECT version();): 13.2
• TimescaleDB Toolkit version (output of \dx timescaledb_toolkit in psql): 2.8.1

Describe the bug Unable to install timescaledb-toolkit on windows sever. There is not method I could find to install it on Windows.

Thanks

[davidkohn88]

Hi! Yes, we currently don't support Windows. I've changed this to an enhancement label, and people can upvote here and we can see how to prioritize based on that. Thanks for filing this!

[davetapley]

@davidkohn88 could current lack of Windows support for toolkit be made more explicit over here?

• https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb#installation
• https://docs.timescale.com/api/latest/hyperfunctions/

[davidkohn88]

@charislam do you think you could make the updates?

Also, we'd probably recommend as a workaround running PG in a Docker container on Windows. Just as a note.

[charislam]

@charislam do you think you could make the updates?

Done: https://github.com/timescale/docs/pull/1837

[agarciagan]

Hi,

Is there any news about installing Toolkit on Windows? Windows support for Toolkit is under expected functionalitites of next releases, or is it something not expected within 2023?

Thanks

[iroussos]

@agarciagan we do not expect Toolkit to be supported on Windows in the foreseeable future.

/cc @jerry please correct me if I am wrong

[jerryxwu]

@iroussos that's correct. We have upstream dependency that we cannot workaround around ATM.