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55<chapter id="install-win32">
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1212
1313 <para>
1414 Although <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is written for
15- Unix-like operating systems, the C client library
15+ Unix-like operating systems and compiles under
16+ <productname>MinGW</productname>, the C client library
1617 (<application>libpq</application>) and the interactive terminal
17- (<application>psql</application>) can be compilednatively under
18- Windows. The makefiles included in the source distributionare
19- written for <productname>Microsoft Visual C++</productname> and
will 20- probably not work with other systems. It should be possible to
21- compile the libraries manuallyin othercases .
18+ (<application>psql</application>) can be compiledusing other Windows
19+ tool sets. Makefiles are included in the source distributionfor
20+ <productname>Microsoft Visual C++</productname> and
21+ <productname>Borland C++</productname>. It should be possible to
22+ compile the libraries manuallyfor otherconfigurations .
2223 </para>
2324
2425 <tip>
2526 <para>
26- If you are using Windows98 or newer you can build and use all of
27- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> <quote>the Unix way</quote>
28- if you install the <productname>Cygwin </productname> toolkit first.
29- In that case see <xref linkend="installation">.
27+ If you are usinga WindowsNT-based operating system or newer you can
28+ build and use all of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> <quote>the
29+ Unix way</quote> if you install the <productname>
MinGW </productname>
30+ toolkit first. In that case see <xref linkend="installation">.
3031 </para>
3132 </tip>
3233
3334 <para>
34- To build everything that you can on
35- <productname>Windows </productname>, change into the
35+ To build everything that you can on <productname>Windows</productname>
36+ using <productname>
Microsoft Visual C++ </productname>, change into the
3637 <filename>src</filename> directory and type the command
3738<screen>
3839<userinput>nmake /f win32.mak</userinput>
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4142 your path.
4243 </para>
4344
45+ <para>
46+ To build everything using using <productname>Borland
47+ C++</productname>, change into the <filename>src</filename> directory
48+ and type the command
49+ <screen>
50+ <userinput>make -DCFG=Release /f bcc32.mak</userinput>
51+ </screen>
52+ </para>
53+
4454 <para>
4555 The following files will be built:
4656
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95105 </para>
96106
97107 <para>
98- If you plan to do development using <application>libpq</application> on this machine, you will
99- have to add the <filename>src\include</filename> and
100- <filename>src\interfaces\libpq</filename> subdirectories of the
101- source tree to the include path in your compilers settings.
108+ If you plan to do development using <application>libpq</application>
109+ on this machine, you will have to add the
110+ <filename>src\include</filename> and
111+ <filename>src\interfaces\libpq</filename> subdirectories of the source
112+ tree to the include path in your compilers settings.
102113 </para>
103114
104115 <para>