Chapter 17. Installation from Source Code

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Chapter 17. Installation from Source Code

Table of Contents

17.1. Requirements

17.2. Getting the Source

17.3. Building and Installation with Autoconf and Make

17.3.1. Short Version
17.3.2. Installation Procedure
17.3.3. configure Options
17.3.4. configure Environment Variables

17.4. Building and Installation with Meson

17.4.1. Short Version
17.4.2. Installation Procedure
17.4.3. meson setup Options
17.4.4. meson Build Targets

17.5. Post-Installation Setup

17.5.1. Shared Libraries
17.5.2. Environment Variables

17.6. Supported Platforms

17.7. Platform-Specific Notes

17.7.1. AIX
17.7.2. Cygwin
17.7.3. macOS
17.7.4. MinGW
17.7.5. Solaris
17.7.6. Visual Studio

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 see Chapter 16 instead.

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