Supported versions: Current (18) / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14

Development versions: 19 / 20devel

Unsupported versions: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9.6 / 9.5 / 9.4 / 9.3 / 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.4 / 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.0 / 7.4 / 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1

Historical version. PostgreSQL 8.2 has reached end of support. See the current manual.

Chapter 14. Installation Instructions

Table of Contents

14.1. Short Version

14.2. Requirements

14.3. Getting The Source

14.4. If You Are Upgrading

14.5. Installation Procedure

14.6. Post-Installation Setup

14.6.1. Shared Libraries
14.6.2. Environment Variables

14.7. Supported Platforms

This chapter describes the installation of PostgreSQL from 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.)

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