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Unsupported versions: 7.0 / 6.5 / 6.4
Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.0 has reached end of support. See the current manual.

Chapter 22. Ports

This manual describes version 7.0 of Postgres. The Postgres developer community has compiled and tested Postgres on a number of platforms. Check the web site for the latest information.

Currently Supported Platforms

At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:

Table 22-1. Supported Platforms

OSProcessorVersionReportedRemarks
AIX 4.3.2RS6000v7.02000-04-05Andreas Zeugswetter
BSDI 4.01x86v7.02000-04-04Bruce Momjian
Compaq Tru64 5.0Alphav7.02000-04-11Andrew McMurry
FreeBSD 4.0x86v7.02000-04-04Marc Fournier
HPUXPA-RISCv7.02000-04-12Both 9.0x and 10.20. Tom Lane
IRIX 6.5.6fMIPSv6.5.32000-02-18MIPSPro 7.3.1.1m N32 build. Kevin Wheatley
Linux 2.0.xAlphav7.02000-04-05With published patches. Ryan Kirkpatrick
Linux 2.2.xarmv4lv7.02000-04-17Regression test needs work. Mark Knox
Linux 2.2.xx86v7.02000-03-26Lamar Owens
Linux 2.0.xMIPSv7.02000-04-13Cobalt Qube. Tatsuo Ishii
Linux 2.2.5Sparcv7.02000-04-02Tom Szybist
LinuxPPC R4PPC603ev7.02000-04-13Tatsuo Ishii
mklinuxPPC750v7.02000-04-13Tatsuo Ishii
NetBSD 1.4arm32v7.02000-04-08Patrick Welche
NetBSD 1.4Ux86v7.02000-03-26Patrick Welche
NetBSDm68kv7.02000-04-10Mac 8xx. Henry B. Hotz
NetBSD/sparcSparcv7.02000-04-13Tom I Helbekkmo
QNX 4.25x86v7.02000-04-01Dr. Andreas Kardos
SCO OpenServer 5x86v6.51999-05-25Andrew Merrill
SCO UnixWare 7x86v7.02000-04-18See FAQ. Billy G. Allie
Solarisx86v7.02000-04-12Marc Fournier
Solaris 2.5.1-2.7Sparcv7.02000-04-12Peter Eisentraut, Marc Fournier
SunOS 4.1.4Sparcv7.02000-04-13Tatsuo Ishii
Windows/Win32x86v7.02000-04-02Client-side libraries or ODBC/JDBC. No server-side. Magnus Hagander
WinNT/Cygwinx86v7.02000-03-30Uses Cygwin library. Daniel Horak

Note: For Windows NT, the server-side port of Postgres uses the RedHat/Cygnus Cygwin library and toolset. For Windows 9x, no server-side port is available due to OS limitations.

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