Reviewed-By: David G. Johnston, Daniel Gustafsson
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Installation from Binaries
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PostgreSQL is available in the form of binary
+ packages for most common operating systems today. When available, this is
+ the recommended way to install PostgreSQL for users of the system. Building
+ from source (see ) is only recommended for
+ people developing
PostgreSQL or extensions.
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+ For an updated list of platforms providing binary packages, please visit
+ the download section on the
PostgreSQL website at
+ instructions for the specific platform.
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It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for
Windows, available as a graphical installer package
- from the
PostgreSQL website. Building from source
+ from the
PostgreSQL website at
is only intended for people developing
PostgreSQL
or extensions.
PostgreSQL using the source code
distribution. If you are installing a pre-packaged distribution,
such as an RPM or Debian package, ignore this chapter
- and read the packager's instructions instead.
+ and see instead.
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