Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.1 has reached end of support. See the current manual.
1.3. Getting The Source
The PostgreSQL 7.1.3 sources can by obtained from ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-7.1.3.tar.gz. Use a mirror if possible. Then unpack it:
gunzip postgresql-7.1.3.tar.gz tar xf postgresql-7.1.3.tarThis will create a directory postgresql-7.1.3 with the PostgreSQL sources in the current directory. Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure.
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