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<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>

<para>

In general, a modern Unix-compatible platform should be able to run

PostgreSQL. The platforms that had received explicit testing at the

<productname>PostgreSQL</>.

The platforms that had received explicit testing at the

time of release are listed in <xref linkend="supported-platforms">

below. In the <filename>doc</> subdirectory of the distribution

there are several platform-specific <acronym>FAQ</> documents you

<userinput>tar xf postgresql-&version;.tar</userinput>

</screen>

This will create a directory

<filename>postgresql-&version;</filename> with the <productname>PostgreSQL</> sources

<filename>postgresql-&version;</filename> with the

<productname>PostgreSQL</> sources

in the current directory. Change into that directory for the rest

of the installation procedure.

</para>

<note>

<para>

Care has been taken to make it possible to install PostgreSQL

Care has been taken to make it possible to install

<productname>PostgreSQL</>

into shared installation locations (such as

<filename>/usr/local/include</filename>) without interfering

with the namespace of the rest of the system. First, the

<entry></entry>

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<entry><systemitem class="osname">FreeBSD 4.3</></entry>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">FreeBSD</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>x86</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-03-19, Vince Vielhaber (<email>vev@hub.org</email>)</entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-14, Chris Kings-Lynne

(<email>chriskl@familyhealth.com.au</email>)</entry>

<entry></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">HP-UX</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>PA-RISC</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-03-19, 10.20 Tom Lane (<email>tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</email>),

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-16, 10.20 Tom Lane (<email>tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</email>),

2001-03-22, 11.00, 11i Giles Lean (<email>giles@nemeton.com.au</email>)</entry>

<entry>32- and 64-bit on 11.00; see also <filename>doc/FAQ_HPUX</filename></entry>

</row>

<entry>32-bit compilation model</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Linux 2.2.x</></entry>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Linux 2.2.18</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>Alpha</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-01-23, Ryan Kirkpatrick (<email>pgsql@rkirkpat.net</email>)</entry>

<entry></entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-16, Tom Lane (<email>tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</email>)</entry>

<entry>Tested at SourceForge</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Linux 2.2.x</></entry>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Linux 2.0.x</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>MIPS</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-03-30, Dominic Eidson (<email>sauron@the-infinite.org</email>)</entry>

<entry><productname>CobaltQube</></entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-15, Hisao Shibuya (<email>shibuya@alpha.or.jp</>)</entry>

<entry><productname>CobaltQube2</></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Linux 2.2.18</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>PPC74xx</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-03-19, Tom Lane (<email>tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</email>)</entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-16, Tom Lane (<email>tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</email>)</entry>

<entry>Apple G3</entry>

</row>

<row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Linux</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>x86</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-03-19, Thomas Lockhart (<email>thomas@fourpalms.org</email>)</entry>

<entry>2.0.x, 2.2.x, 2.4.2</entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-15, Thomas Lockhart (<email>lockhart@fourpalms.org</email>)</entry>

<entry>2.0.x, 2.2.x, 2.4.x</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">MacOS X</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>PPC</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2000-12-11, Peter Bierman (<email>bierman@apple.com</email>),

2000-12-11, Daniel Luke (<email>dluke@geeklair.net</email>)</entry>

<entry>Darwin (only) Beta-2 or higher</entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-16, Tom Lane (<email>tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</email>)</entry>

<entry>Darwin 10.1</entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">NetBSD 1.5</></entry>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">NetBSD 1.5W</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>Alpha</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-03-22, Giles Lean (<email>giles@nemeton.com.au</email>)</entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-20, Thomas Thai (<email>tom@minnesota.com</email>)</entry>

<entry></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><productname>UDK FS</productname> compiler; see also <filename>doc/FAQ_SCO</filename></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Solaris 2.7-8</></entry>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Solaris</></entry>

<entry><systemitem>Sparc</></entry>

<entry>7.1</entry>

<entry>2001-03-22, Marc Fournier (<email>scrappy@hub.org</email>),

2001-03-25, Justin Clift (<email>justin@postgresql.org</email>)</entry>

<entry>see also <filename>doc/FAQ_Solaris</filename></entry>

<entry>7.2</entry>

<entry>2001-11-12, Andrew Sullivan (<email>andrew@libertyrms.com</email>)</entry>

<entry>2.6-8; see also <filename>doc/FAQ_Solaris</filename></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><systemitem class="osname">Solaris 2.8</></entry>

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