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Development Versions:18 / devel

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Chapter 15. Installation from Source Code

Table of Contents

15.1. Short Version

15.2. Requirements

15.3. Getting The Source

15.4. Installation Procedure

15.5. Post-Installation Setup

15.5.1. Shared Libraries

15.5.2. Environment Variables

15.6. Supported Platforms

15.7. Platform-specific Notes

15.7.1. AIX

15.7.2. Cygwin

15.7.3. HP-UX

15.7.4. macOS

15.7.5. MinGW/Native Windows

15.7.6. SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare

15.7.7. Solaris

This chapter describes the installation of 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.)