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15. Installation Instructions||Fast Forward||Next| In general, a
modern Unix-compatible platform should be able to run
PostgreSQL. The platforms that had received specific testing at
the time of release are listed in Section 15.7 below. In the doc
subdirectory of the distribution there are several platform-
specific FAQ documents you might wish to consult if you are
having trouble. The following software packages are required for
building PostgreSQL: GNU make is required; other make programs
will not work. GNU make is often installed under the name gmake;
this document will always refer to it by that name. (On some
systems GNU make is the default tool with the name make.) To
test for GNU make enter It is recommended to use version 3.76.1
or later. You need an ISO/ANSI C compiler. Recent versions of
GCC are recommendable, but PostgreSQL is known to build with a
wide variety of compilers from different vendors. tar is
required to unpack the source d