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Expand installation documentation to cover binary installations

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Reviewed-By: David G. Johnston, Daniel Gustafsson
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Magnus Hagander 2020-10-06 14:15:32 +02:00
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<!ENTITY client-auth SYSTEM "client-auth.sgml"> <!ENTITY client-auth SYSTEM "client-auth.sgml">
<!ENTITY diskusage SYSTEM "diskusage.sgml"> <!ENTITY diskusage SYSTEM "diskusage.sgml">
<!ENTITY high-availability SYSTEM "high-availability.sgml"> <!ENTITY high-availability SYSTEM "high-availability.sgml">
<!ENTITY installbin SYSTEM "install-binaries.sgml">
<!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.sgml"> <!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.sgml">
<!ENTITY installw SYSTEM "install-windows.sgml"> <!ENTITY installw SYSTEM "install-windows.sgml">
<!ENTITY maintenance SYSTEM "maintenance.sgml"> <!ENTITY maintenance SYSTEM "maintenance.sgml">

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<!-- doc/src/sgml/install-binaries.sgml -->
<chapter id="install-binaries">
<title>Installation from Binaries</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>installation</primary>
<secondary>binaries</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is available in the form of binary
packages for most common operating systems today. When available, this is
the recommended way to install PostgreSQL for users of the system. Building
from source (see <xref linkend="installation" />) is only recommended for
people developing <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> or extensions.
</para>
<para>
For an updated list of platforms providing binary packages, please visit
the download section on the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> website at
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"></ulink> and follow the
instructions for the specific platform.
</para>
</chapter>

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<para> <para>
It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for
Windows, available as a graphical installer package Windows, available as a graphical installer package
from the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> website. Building from source from the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> website at
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"></ulink>. Building from source
is only intended for people developing <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is only intended for people developing <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
or extensions. or extensions.
</para> </para>

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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> using the source code <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> using the source code
distribution. If you are installing a pre-packaged distribution, distribution. If you are installing a pre-packaged distribution,
such as an RPM or Debian package, ignore this chapter such as an RPM or Debian package, ignore this chapter
and read the packager's instructions instead. and see <xref linkend="install-binaries" /> instead.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>

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</para> </para>
</partintro> </partintro>
&installbin;
&installation; &installation;
&installw; &installw;
&runtime; &runtime;