Note that building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> from the source

repository requires reasonably up-to-date versions of <application>bison</>,

<application>flex</>, and <application>Perl</>. These tools are not needed

to build from a distribution tarball since the filesthey are used to build

are included in the tarball. Other tool requirements are the same as shown

in <xref linkend="installation">.

to build from a distribution tarball, because the filesthat these tools

areused to build areincluded in the tarball. Other tool requirements

are the same as shownin <xref linkend="install-requirements">.

</para>

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