Chapter 17.  Installation from Source Code

Table of Contents

17.1. Short Version
17.2. Requirements
17.3. Getting The Source
17.4. Installation Procedure
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. HP-UX
17.7.4. MinGW/Native Windows
17.7.5. SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare
17.7.6. Solaris

This chapter describes the installation of Postgres Pro 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.)