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<primary>installation</primary>
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</indexterm>
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+ <!-- See also the version of this text in standalone-install.xml -->
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<para>
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This chapter describes the installation of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> using the source code
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distribution. If you are installing a pre-packaged distribution,
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such as an RPM or Debian package, ignore this chapter
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and read the packager's instructions instead.
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- Also, this chapter does not describe the preferred way to install
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- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> on Microsoft
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- Windows<phrase condition="standalone-ignore"> (for that, see
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- <xref linkend="install-windows"/>)</phrase>.
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+ </para>
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+ <para>
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+ If you are building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> for Microsoft
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+ Windows, read this chapter if you intend to build with MinGW or Cygwin;
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+ but if you intend to build with Microsoft's <productname>Visual
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+ C++</productname>, see <xref linkend="install-windows"/> instead.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="install-short">
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The MinGW build procedure uses the normal build system described in
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this chapter; the Visual C++ build works completely differently
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and is described in <xref linkend="install-windows"/>.
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- The Visual C++ build is recommended, as it is fully native and uses no
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- additional software like MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on
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- the main PostgreSQL web site.
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</para>
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