It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for
- Windows, available as a one-click installer package
+ Windows, available as a graphical installer package
from the
PostgreSQL website. Building from source
is only intended for people developing
PostgreSQL
or extensions.
If you are using a version-specific installation directory, e.g.
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.1>, you do not need to move the old cluster. The
- one-click installers all use version-specific installation directories.
+ graphical installers all use version-specific installation directories.
For Windows users, note that due to different integer datetimes settings
- used by the one-click installer and the MSI installer, it is only
- possible to upgrade from version 8.3 of the one-click distribution to
- version 8.4 or later of the one-click distribution. It is not
- possible to upgrade from the MSI installer to the one-click installer.
+ used by the graphical installer and the MSI installer, it is only
+ possible to upgrade from version 8.3 of the installer distribution to
+ version 8.4 or later of the installer distribution. It is not
+ possible to upgrade from the MSI installer to the new graphical installer.