<title>Build</title>

<para>

To start the build, type:

To start the build, type either of:

<screen>

<userinput>make</userinput>

<userinput>make all</userinput>

</screen>

(Remember to use <acronym>GNU</acronym> <application>make</application>.) The build

will take a few minutes depending on your

(Remember to use <acronym>GNU</acronym> <application>make</application>.)

The buildwill take a few minutes depending on your

hardware. The last line displayed should be:

<screen>

All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install.

PostgreSQL, contrib, and documentation successfully made. Ready to install.

</screen>

</para>

<para>

If you want to invoke the build from another makefile rather than

manually, you must unset <varname>MAKELEVEL</varname> or set it to zero,

for instance like this:

<programlisting>

build-postgresql:

$(MAKE) -C postgresql MAKELEVEL=0 all

</programlisting>

Failure to do that can lead to strange error messages, typically about

missing header files.

</para>

</step>

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