The following parameters may be of interest to installers:

<programlisting>

Directory and file names:

Directories to install PostgreSQL in:

--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX

[/usr/local/pgsql]

--bindir=DIR user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin]

--with-template=<replaceable>template</replaceable>

use operating system template file

see template directory

--with-includes=<replaceable>incdir</replaceable>

site header files for tk/tcl, etc in DIR

--with-libs=<replaceable>incdir</replaceable>

also search for libraries in DIR

--with-libraries=<replaceable>libdir</replaceable>

also search for libraries in DIR

--with-includes=<replaceable>dirs</replaceable> look for header files for tcl/tk, etc in DIRS

--with-libraries=<replaceable>dirs</replaceable> look for additional libraries in DIRS

--with-libs=<replaceable>dirs</replaceable> alternate spelling of --with-libraries

--enable-locale enable locale support

--enable-recode enable cyrillic recode support

--with-mb=<replaceable>encoding</replaceable>

enable multi-byte support

--with-pgport=<replaceable>portnum</replaceable>

change default startup port

--with-maxbackends=<replaceable>n</replaceable>

set default maximum number of server processes

--enable-multibyte enable multibyte character support

--with-pgport=<replaceable>portnum</replaceable> change default postmaster port

--with-maxbackends=<replaceable>n</replaceable> set default maximum number of server processes

--with-tcl build Tcl interfaces and pgtclsh

--with-tclconfig=<replaceable>tcldir</replaceable>

tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh are in DIR

--with-perl build Perl interface

--with-perl build Perl interface and plperl

--with-odbc build ODBC driver package

--with-odbcinst=<replaceable>odbcdir</replaceable>

change default directory for odbcinst.ini

--enable-cassert enable assertion checks (debugging)

--enable-cassert enable assertion checks (for debugging)

--enable-debug build with debugging symbols (-g)

--with-CC=<replaceable>compiler</replaceable>

use specific C compiler

--with-CXX=<replaceable>compiler</replaceable>

C++ compiler may need to specify <option>--without-CXX</option> to instruct

the build procedure to skip construction of <filename>libpq++</filename>.

</para>

<para>

Use the <option>--with-includes</option> and

<option>--with-libraries</option> options if you want to build

<productname>Postgres</productname> using include files or libraries

that are not installed in your system's standard search path. For

example, you might use these to build with an experimental version of

Tcl. If you need to specify more than one nonstandard directory for

include files or libraries, do it like this:

<programlisting>

--with-includes="/opt/tcl/include /opt/perl5/include"

</programlisting>

</para>

<para>

</para>

</sect1>

<sect1>

<title>Parameters for Building (<application>make</application>)</title>

will create it using a text editor of your choice. When upgrading installations,

you can simply copy your old Makefile.custom to the new installation before

doing the build.

</para>

<para>

Alternatively, you can set variables on the <application>make</application>

command line:

<synopsis>

make [ <replaceable>variable</replaceable>=<replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable> [,...] ]

</synopsis>