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<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%flattext-install-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</> ]]>Installation Instructions</title>
might wish to consult if you are having trouble.
</para>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Compiler</>
- <para>
- You need a Standard (<quote>ANSI</>) C compiler. Recent versions
- of <productname>GCC</> are recommendable, but <productname>PostgreSQL</> is known to
- build with a wide variety of compilers from different vendors.
- </para>
- </formalpara>
-
- <formalpara>
- <title>Make</title>
- <para>
- Building <productname>PostgreSQL</> requires <acronym>GNU</> <application>make</>; it
- will <emphasis>not</> work with other <application>make</>
- programs. <acronym>GNU</> <application>make</> is often installed
- under the name <filename>gmake</filename>. This document will
- always refer to it by that name. (On GNU/Linux systems GNU make is
- the default tool with the name <filename>make</filename>.) To test
- for <acronym>GNU</acronym> <application>make</application> enter
+ <para>
+ The following prerequisites exist for building <productname>PostgreSQL</>:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <acronym>GNU</> <application>make</> is required; other
+ <application>make</> programs will <emphasis>not</> work.
+ <acronym>GNU</> <application>make</> is often installed under
+ the name <filename>gmake</filename>; this document will always
+ refer to it by that name. (On GNU/Linux systems GNU make is the
+ default tool with the name <filename>make</>.) To test for
+ <acronym>GNU</acronym> <application>make</application> enter
<screen>
<userinput>gmake --version</userinput>
</screen>
- If at all possible you should try to use version 3.76.1 or later.
- If you need to get <acronym>GNU</acronym>
- <application>make</application>, you can find it at your local
- <acronym>GNU</acronym> mirror site (see <ulink
- url="http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html">http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html</>)
- or at <ulink
- url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make</ulink>.
- </para>
- </formalpara>
+ If at all possible you should use version 3.76.1 or later.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Resources</>
- <para>
- Check that you have sufficient disk space. You will need about 30
- MB for the source tree during compilation and about 5 MB for the
- installation directory. An empty database takes about 1 MB, later
- it takes about five times the amount of space that a flat text
- file with the same data would take. If you are going to run the
- regression tests you will temporarily need an extra 20 MB. Use the
- <command>df</command> command to check for disk space.
- </para>
- </formalpara>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You need an <acronym>ISO</>/<acronym>ANSI</> C compiler. Recent
+ versions of <productname>GCC</> are recommendable, but
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</> is known to build with a wide variety
+ of compilers from different vendors.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><application>gzip</></para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <acronym>GNU</> <productname>Readline</> library for comfortable
+ line editing and command history retrieval will automatically be used
+ if found. You might wish to install it before proceeding, but it is not
+ required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <application>Flex</> and <application>Bison</> are
+ <emphasis>not</> required when building from a released source
+ package because the output files are pre-generated. You will
+ need these programs only when building from a CVS tree or when
+ the actual scanner and parser definition files were changed. If
+ you need them, be sure to get <application>Flex</> 2.5.4 or
+ later and <application>Bison</> 1.28 or later. Other yacc
+ programs can sometimes be used, but doing so requires extra
+ efforts and is not recommended. Other lex programs will
+ definitely not work.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you need to get a <acronym>GNU</acronym> package, you can find
+ it at your local <acronym>GNU</acronym> mirror site (see <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html">http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html</>
+ for a list) or at <ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also check that you have sufficient disk space. You will need about
+ 30 MB for the source tree during compilation and about 5 MB for the
+ installation directory. An empty database takes about 1 MB, later
+ it takes about five times the amount of space that a flat text file
+ with the same data would take. If you are going to run the
+ regression tests you will temporarily need an extra 20 MB. Use the
+ <command>df</command> command to check for disk space.
+ </para>
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