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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>17.4. Installation Procedure</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="install-getsource.html" title="17.3. Getting the Source" /><link rel="next" href="install-post.html" title="17.5. Post-Installation Setup" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">17.4. Installation Procedure</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="install-getsource.html" title="17.3. Getting the Source">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="installation.html" title="Chapter 17. Installation from Source Code">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 17. Installation from Source Code</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="install-post.html" title="17.5. Post-Installation Setup">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="INSTALL-PROCEDURE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">17.4. Installation Procedure</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install-procedure.html#CONFIGURE-OPTIONS">17.4.1. <code class="filename">configure</code> Options</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install-procedure.html#CONFIGURE-ENVVARS">17.4.2. <code class="filename">configure</code> Environment Variables</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li class="step" id="CONFIGURE"><p class="title"><strong>Configuration</strong></p><a id="id-1.6.4.8.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
+ The first step of the installation procedure is to configure the
+ source tree for your system and choose the options you would like.
+ This is done by running the <code class="filename">configure</code> script. For a
+ default installation simply enter:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>./configure</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ This script will run a number of tests to determine values for various
+ system dependent variables and detect any quirks of your
+ operating system, and finally will create several files in the
+ build tree to record what it found.
+ </p><p>
+ You can also run <code class="filename">configure</code> in a directory outside
+ the source tree, and then build there, if you want to keep the build
+ directory separate from the original source files. This procedure is
+ called a
+ <a id="id-1.6.4.8.2.1.4.2" class="indexterm"></a><em class="firstterm">VPATH</em>
+ build. Here's how:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>mkdir build_dir</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>cd build_dir</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>/path/to/source/tree/configure [options go here]</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ The default configuration will build the server and utilities, as
+ well as all client applications and interfaces that require only a
+ C compiler. All files will be installed under
+ <code class="filename">/usr/local/pgsql</code> by default.
+ </p><p>
+ You can customize the build and installation process by supplying one
+ or more command line options to <code class="filename">configure</code>.
+ Typically you would customize the install location, or the set of
+ optional features that are built. <code class="filename">configure</code>
+ has a large number of options, which are described in
+ <a class="xref" href="install-procedure.html#CONFIGURE-OPTIONS" title="17.4.1. configure Options">Section 17.4.1</a>.
+ </p><p>
+ Also, <code class="filename">configure</code> responds to certain environment
+ variables, as described in <a class="xref" href="install-procedure.html#CONFIGURE-ENVVARS" title="17.4.2. configure Environment Variables">Section 17.4.2</a>.
+ These provide additional ways to customize the configuration.
+ </p></li><li class="step" id="BUILD"><p class="title"><strong>Build</strong></p><p>
+ To start the build, type either of:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make all</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ (Remember to use <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> <span class="application">make</span>.)
+ The build will take a few minutes depending on your
+ hardware.
+ </p><p>
+ If you want to build everything that can be built, including the
+ documentation (HTML and man pages), and the additional modules
+ (<code class="filename">contrib</code>), type instead:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make world</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ If you want to build everything that can be built, including the
+ additional modules (<code class="filename">contrib</code>), but without
+ the documentation, type instead:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make world-bin</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ If you want to invoke the build from another makefile rather than
+ manually, you must unset <code class="varname">MAKELEVEL</code> or set it to zero,
+ for instance like this:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+build-postgresql:
+ $(MAKE) -C postgresql MAKELEVEL=0 all
+</pre><p>
+ Failure to do that can lead to strange error messages, typically about
+ missing header files.
+ </p></li><li class="step"><p class="title"><strong>Regression Tests</strong></p><a id="id-1.6.4.8.2.3.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
+ If you want to test the newly built server before you install it,
+ you can run the regression tests at this point. The regression
+ tests are a test suite to verify that <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
+ runs on your machine in the way the developers expected it
+ to. Type:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make check</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ (This won't work as root; do it as an unprivileged user.)
+ See <a class="xref" href="regress.html" title="Chapter 33. Regression Tests">Chapter 33</a> for
+ detailed information about interpreting the test results. You can
+ repeat this test at any later time by issuing the same command.
+ </p></li><li class="step" id="INSTALL"><p class="title"><strong>Installing the Files</strong></p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+ If you are upgrading an existing system be sure to read
+ <a class="xref" href="upgrading.html" title="19.6. Upgrading a PostgreSQL Cluster">Section 19.6</a>,
+ which has instructions about upgrading a
+ cluster.
+ </p></div><p>
+ To install <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> enter:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make install</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ This will install files into the directories that were specified
+ in <a class="xref" href="install-procedure.html#CONFIGURE" title="Configuration">Step 1</a>. Make sure that you have appropriate
+ permissions to write into that area. Normally you need to do this
+ step as root. Alternatively, you can create the target
+ directories in advance and arrange for appropriate permissions to
+ be granted.
+ </p><p>
+ To install the documentation (HTML and man pages), enter:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make install-docs</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ If you built the world above, type instead:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make install-world</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ This also installs the documentation.
+ </p><p>
+ If you built the world without the documentation above, type instead:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make install-world-bin</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ You can use <code class="literal">make install-strip</code> instead of
+ <code class="literal">make install</code> to strip the executable files and
+ libraries as they are installed. This will save some space. If
+ you built with debugging support, stripping will effectively
+ remove the debugging support, so it should only be done if
+ debugging is no longer needed. <code class="literal">install-strip</code>
+ tries to do a reasonable job saving space, but it does not have
+ perfect knowledge of how to strip every unneeded byte from an
+ executable file, so if you want to save all the disk space you
+ possibly can, you will have to do manual work.
+ </p><p>
+ The standard installation provides all the header files needed for client
+ application development as well as for server-side program
+ development, such as custom functions or data types written in C.
+ </p><p><strong>Client-only installation: </strong>
+ If you want to install only the client applications and
+ interface libraries, then you can use these commands:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make -C src/bin install</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make -C src/include install</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make -C src/interfaces install</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make -C doc install</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ <code class="filename">src/bin</code> has a few binaries for server-only use,
+ but they are small.
+ </p></li></ol></div><p><strong>Uninstallation: </strong>
+ To undo the installation use the command <code class="command">make
+ uninstall</code>. However, this will not remove any created directories.
+ </p><p><strong>Cleaning: </strong>
+ After the installation you can free disk space by removing the built
+ files from the source tree with the command <code class="command">make
+ clean</code>. This will preserve the files made by the <code class="command">configure</code>
+ program, so that you can rebuild everything with <code class="command">make</code>
+ later on. To reset the source tree to the state in which it was
+ distributed, use <code class="command">make distclean</code>. If you are going to
+ build for several platforms within the same source tree you must do
+ this and re-configure for each platform. (Alternatively, use
+ a separate build tree for each platform, so that the source tree
+ remains unmodified.)
+ </p><p>
+ If you perform a build and then discover that your <code class="command">configure</code>
+ options were wrong, or if you change anything that <code class="command">configure</code>
+ investigates (for example, software upgrades), then it's a good
+ idea to do <code class="command">make distclean</code> before reconfiguring and
+ rebuilding. Without this, your changes in configuration choices
+ might not propagate everywhere they need to.
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="CONFIGURE-OPTIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">17.4.1. <code class="filename">configure</code> Options</h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
+ <code class="command">configure</code>'s command line options are explained below.
+ This list is not exhaustive (use <code class="literal">./configure --help</code>
+ to get one that is). The options not covered here are meant for
+ advanced use-cases such as cross-compilation, and are documented in
+ the standard Autoconf documentation.
+ </p><div class="sect3" id="CONFIGURE-OPTIONS-LOCATIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">17.4.1.1. Installation Locations</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ These options control where <code class="literal">make install</code> will put
+ the files. The <code class="option">--prefix</code> option is sufficient for
+ most cases. If you have special needs, you can customize the
+ installation subdirectories with the other options described in this
+ section. Beware however that changing the relative locations of the
+ different subdirectories may render the installation non-relocatable,
+ meaning you won't be able to move it after installation.
+ (The <code class="literal">man</code> and <code class="literal">doc</code> locations are
+ not affected by this restriction.) For relocatable installs, you
+ might want to use the <code class="literal">--disable-rpath</code> option
+ described later.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--prefix=<em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Install all files under the directory <em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em>
+ instead of <code class="filename">/usr/local/pgsql</code>. The actual
+ files will be installed into various subdirectories; no files
+ will ever be installed directly into the
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em> directory.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--exec-prefix=<em class="replaceable"><code>EXEC-PREFIX</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ You can install architecture-dependent files under a
+ different prefix, <em class="replaceable"><code>EXEC-PREFIX</code></em>, than what
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em> was set to. This can be useful to
+ share architecture-independent files between hosts. If you
+ omit this, then <em class="replaceable"><code>EXEC-PREFIX</code></em> is set equal to
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em> and both architecture-dependent and
+ independent files will be installed under the same tree,
+ which is probably what you want.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--bindir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies the directory for executable programs. The default
+ is <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>EXEC-PREFIX</code></em>/bin</code>, which
+ normally means <code class="filename">/usr/local/pgsql/bin</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--sysconfdir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Sets the directory for various configuration files,
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em>/etc</code> by default.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--libdir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Sets the location to install libraries and dynamically loadable
+ modules. The default is
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>EXEC-PREFIX</code></em>/lib</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--includedir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Sets the directory for installing C and C++ header files. The
+ default is <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em>/include</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--datarootdir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Sets the root directory for various types of read-only data
+ files. This only sets the default for some of the following
+ options. The default is
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>PREFIX</code></em>/share</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--datadir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Sets the directory for read-only data files used by the
+ installed programs. The default is
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>DATAROOTDIR</code></em></code>. Note that this has
+ nothing to do with where your database files will be placed.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--localedir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Sets the directory for installing locale data, in particular
+ message translation catalog files. The default is
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>DATAROOTDIR</code></em>/locale</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--mandir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ The man pages that come with <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> will be installed under
+ this directory, in their respective
+ <code class="filename">man<em class="replaceable"><code>x</code></em></code> subdirectories.
+ The default is <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>DATAROOTDIR</code></em>/man</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--docdir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Sets the root directory for installing documentation files,
+ except <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">man</span>”</span> pages. This only sets the default for
+ the following options. The default value for this option is
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>DATAROOTDIR</code></em>/doc/postgresql</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--htmldir=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ The HTML-formatted documentation for
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> will be installed under
+ this directory. The default is
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>DATAROOTDIR</code></em></code>.
+ </p></dd></dl></div><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+ Care has been taken to make it possible to install
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> into shared installation locations
+ (such as <code class="filename">/usr/local/include</code>) without
+ interfering with the namespace of the rest of the system. First,
+ the string <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">/postgresql</code></span>”</span> is
+ automatically appended to <code class="varname">datadir</code>,
+ <code class="varname">sysconfdir</code>, and <code class="varname">docdir</code>,
+ unless the fully expanded directory name already contains the
+ string <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">postgres</code></span>”</span> or
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">pgsql</code></span>”</span>. For example, if you choose
+ <code class="filename">/usr/local</code> as prefix, the documentation will
+ be installed in <code class="filename">/usr/local/doc/postgresql</code>,
+ but if the prefix is <code class="filename">/opt/postgres</code>, then it
+ will be in <code class="filename">/opt/postgres/doc</code>. The public C
+ header files of the client interfaces are installed into
+ <code class="varname">includedir</code> and are namespace-clean. The
+ internal header files and the server header files are installed
+ into private directories under <code class="varname">includedir</code>. See
+ the documentation of each interface for information about how to
+ access its header files. Finally, a private subdirectory will
+ also be created, if appropriate, under <code class="varname">libdir</code>
+ for dynamically loadable modules.
+ </p></div></div><div class="sect3" id="CONFIGURE-OPTIONS-FEATURES"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">17.4.1.2. <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> Features</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ The options described in this section enable building of
+ various <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> features that are not
+ built by default. Most of these are non-default only because they
+ require additional software, as described in
+ <a class="xref" href="install-requirements.html" title="17.2. Requirements">Section 17.2</a>.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-nls[<span class="optional">=<em class="replaceable"><code>LANGUAGES</code></em></span>]</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Enables Native Language Support (<acronym class="acronym">NLS</acronym>),
+ that is, the ability to display a program's messages in a
+ language other than English.
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>LANGUAGES</code></em> is an optional space-separated
+ list of codes of the languages that you want supported, for
+ example <code class="literal">--enable-nls='de fr'</code>. (The intersection
+ between your list and the set of actually provided
+ translations will be computed automatically.) If you do not
+ specify a list, then all available translations are
+ installed.
+ </p><p>
+ To use this option, you will need an implementation of the
+ <span class="application">Gettext</span> API.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-perl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build the <span class="application">PL/Perl</span> server-side language.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-python</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build the <span class="application">PL/Python</span> server-side language.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-tcl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build the <span class="application">PL/Tcl</span> server-side language.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-tclconfig=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Tcl installs the file <code class="filename">tclConfig.sh</code>, which
+ contains configuration information needed to build modules
+ interfacing to Tcl. This file is normally found automatically
+ at a well-known location, but if you want to use a different
+ version of Tcl you can specify the directory in which to look
+ for <code class="filename">tclConfig.sh</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-icu</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with support for
+ the <span class="productname">ICU</span><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.6.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ library, enabling use of ICU collation
+ features<span class="phrase"> (see
+ <a class="xref" href="collation.html" title="24.2. Collation Support">Section 24.2</a>)</span>.
+ This requires the <span class="productname">ICU4C</span> package
+ to be installed. The minimum required version
+ of <span class="productname">ICU4C</span> is currently 4.2.
+ </p><p>
+ By default,
+ <span class="productname">pkg-config</span><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.6.2.2.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ will be used to find the required compilation options. This is
+ supported for <span class="productname">ICU4C</span> version 4.6 and later.
+ For older versions, or if <span class="productname">pkg-config</span> is
+ not available, the variables <code class="envar">ICU_CFLAGS</code>
+ and <code class="envar">ICU_LIBS</code> can be specified
+ to <code class="filename">configure</code>, like in this example:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+./configure ... --with-icu ICU_CFLAGS='-I/some/where/include' ICU_LIBS='-L/some/where/lib -licui18n -licuuc -licudata'
+</pre><p>
+ (If <span class="productname">ICU4C</span> is in the default search path
+ for the compiler, then you still need to specify nonempty strings in
+ order to avoid use of <span class="productname">pkg-config</span>, for
+ example, <code class="literal">ICU_CFLAGS=' '</code>.)
+ </p></dd><dt id="CONFIGURE-WITH-LLVM"><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-llvm</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with support for <span class="productname">LLVM</span> based
+ <acronym class="acronym">JIT</acronym> compilation<span class="phrase"> (see <a class="xref" href="jit.html" title="Chapter 32. Just-in-Time Compilation (JIT)">Chapter 32</a>)</span>. This
+ requires the <span class="productname">LLVM</span> library to be installed.
+ The minimum required version of <span class="productname">LLVM</span> is
+ currently 3.9.
+ </p><p>
+ <code class="command">llvm-config</code><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.7.2.2.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ will be used to find the required compilation options.
+ <code class="command">llvm-config</code>, and then
+ <code class="command">llvm-config-$major-$minor</code> for all supported
+ versions, will be searched for in your <code class="envar">PATH</code>. If
+ that would not yield the desired program,
+ use <code class="envar">LLVM_CONFIG</code> to specify a path to the
+ correct <code class="command">llvm-config</code>. For example
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+./configure ... --with-llvm LLVM_CONFIG='/path/to/llvm/bin/llvm-config'
+</pre><p>
+ </p><p>
+ <span class="productname">LLVM</span> support requires a compatible
+ <code class="command">clang</code> compiler (specified, if necessary, using the
+ <code class="envar">CLANG</code> environment variable), and a working C++
+ compiler (specified, if necessary, using the <code class="envar">CXX</code>
+ environment variable).
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-lz4</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with <span class="productname">LZ4</span> compression support.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-zstd</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with <span class="productname">Zstandard</span> compression support.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-ssl=<em class="replaceable"><code>LIBRARY</code></em></code>
+ <a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.10.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with support for <acronym class="acronym">SSL</acronym> (encrypted)
+ connections. The only <em class="replaceable"><code>LIBRARY</code></em>
+ supported is <code class="option">openssl</code>. This requires the
+ <span class="productname">OpenSSL</span> package to be installed.
+ <code class="filename">configure</code> will check for the required
+ header files and libraries to make sure that your
+ <span class="productname">OpenSSL</span> installation is sufficient
+ before proceeding.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-openssl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Obsolete equivalent of <code class="literal">--with-ssl=openssl</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-gssapi</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with support for GSSAPI authentication. On many systems, the
+ GSSAPI system (usually a part of the Kerberos installation) is not
+ installed in a location
+ that is searched by default (e.g., <code class="filename">/usr/include</code>,
+ <code class="filename">/usr/lib</code>), so you must use the options
+ <code class="option">--with-includes</code> and <code class="option">--with-libraries</code> in
+ addition to this option. <code class="filename">configure</code> will check
+ for the required header files and libraries to make sure that
+ your GSSAPI installation is sufficient before proceeding.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-ldap</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with <acronym class="acronym">LDAP</acronym><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.13.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ support for authentication and connection parameter lookup (see
+ <span id="INSTALL-LDAP-LINKS" class="phrase"><a class="xref" href="libpq-ldap.html" title="34.18. LDAP Lookup of Connection Parameters">Section 34.18</a> and
+ <a class="xref" href="auth-ldap.html" title="21.10. LDAP Authentication">Section 21.10</a></span> for more information). On Unix,
+ this requires the <span class="productname">OpenLDAP</span> package to be
+ installed. On Windows, the default <span class="productname">WinLDAP</span>
+ library is used. <code class="filename">configure</code> will check for the required
+ header files and libraries to make sure that your
+ <span class="productname">OpenLDAP</span> installation is sufficient before
+ proceeding.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-pam</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with <acronym class="acronym">PAM</acronym><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.14.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ (Pluggable Authentication Modules) support.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-bsd-auth</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with BSD Authentication support.
+ (The BSD Authentication framework is
+ currently only available on OpenBSD.)
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-systemd</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with support
+ for <span class="application">systemd</span><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.16.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ service notifications. This improves integration if the server
+ is started under <span class="application">systemd</span> but has no impact
+ otherwise<span class="phrase">; see <a class="xref" href="server-start.html" title="19.3. Starting the Database Server">Section 19.3</a> for more
+ information</span>. <span class="application">libsystemd</span> and the
+ associated header files need to be installed to use this option.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-bonjour</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with support for Bonjour automatic service discovery.
+ This requires Bonjour support in your operating system.
+ Recommended on macOS.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-uuid=<em class="replaceable"><code>LIBRARY</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build the <a class="xref" href="uuid-ossp.html" title="F.49. uuid-ossp">uuid-ossp</a> module
+ (which provides functions to generate UUIDs), using the specified
+ UUID library.<a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.5.3.18.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>LIBRARY</code></em> must be one of:
+ </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
+ <code class="option">bsd</code> to use the UUID functions found in FreeBSD
+ and some other BSD-derived systems
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
+ <code class="option">e2fs</code> to use the UUID library created by
+ the <code class="literal">e2fsprogs</code> project; this library is present in most
+ Linux systems and in macOS, and can be obtained for other
+ platforms as well
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
+ <code class="option">ossp</code> to use the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/" target="_top">OSSP UUID library</a>
+ </p></li></ul></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-ossp-uuid</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Obsolete equivalent of <code class="literal">--with-uuid=ossp</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-libxml</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with libxml2, enabling SQL/XML support. Libxml2 version 2.6.23 or
+ later is required for this feature.
+ </p><p>
+ To detect the required compiler and linker options, PostgreSQL will
+ query <code class="command">pkg-config</code>, if that is installed and knows
+ about libxml2. Otherwise the program <code class="command">xml2-config</code>,
+ which is installed by libxml2, will be used if it is found. Use
+ of <code class="command">pkg-config</code> is preferred, because it can deal
+ with multi-architecture installations better.
+ </p><p>
+ To use a libxml2 installation that is in an unusual location, you
+ can set <code class="command">pkg-config</code>-related environment
+ variables (see its documentation), or set the environment variable
+ <code class="envar">XML2_CONFIG</code> to point to
+ the <code class="command">xml2-config</code> program belonging to the libxml2
+ installation, or set the variables <code class="envar">XML2_CFLAGS</code>
+ and <code class="envar">XML2_LIBS</code>. (If <code class="command">pkg-config</code> is
+ installed, then to override its idea of where libxml2 is you must
+ either set <code class="envar">XML2_CONFIG</code> or set
+ both <code class="envar">XML2_CFLAGS</code> and <code class="envar">XML2_LIBS</code> to
+ nonempty strings.)
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-libxslt</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Build with libxslt, enabling the
+ <a class="xref" href="xml2.html" title="F.50. xml2">xml2</a>
+ module to perform XSL transformations of XML.
+ <code class="option">--with-libxml</code> must be specified as well.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3" id="CONFIGURE-OPTIONS-ANTI-FEATURES"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">17.4.1.3. Anti-Features</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ The options described in this section allow disabling
+ certain <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> features that are built
+ by default, but which might need to be turned off if the required
+ software or system features are not available. Using these options is
+ not recommended unless really necessary.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--without-readline</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Prevents use of the <span class="application">Readline</span> library
+ (and <span class="application">libedit</span> as well). This option disables
+ command-line editing and history in
+ <span class="application">psql</span>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-libedit-preferred</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Favors the use of the BSD-licensed <span class="application">libedit</span> library
+ rather than GPL-licensed <span class="application">Readline</span>. This option
+ is significant only if you have both libraries installed; the
+ default in that case is to use <span class="application">Readline</span>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--without-zlib</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ <a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.6.3.3.2.1.1" class="indexterm"></a>
+ Prevents use of the <span class="application">Zlib</span> library.
+ This disables
+ support for compressed archives in <span class="application">pg_dump</span>
+ and <span class="application">pg_restore</span>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-spinlocks</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Allow the build to succeed even if <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
+ has no CPU spinlock support for the platform. The lack of
+ spinlock support will result in very poor performance; therefore,
+ this option should only be used if the build aborts and
+ informs you that the platform lacks spinlock support. If this
+ option is required to build <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> on
+ your platform, please report the problem to the
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> developers.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-atomics</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Disable use of CPU atomic operations. This option does nothing on
+ platforms that lack such operations. On platforms that do have
+ them, this will result in poor performance. This option is only
+ useful for debugging or making performance comparisons.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-thread-safety</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Disable the thread-safety of client libraries. This prevents
+ concurrent threads in <span class="application">libpq</span> and
+ <span class="application">ECPG</span> programs from safely controlling
+ their private connection handles. Use this only on platforms
+ with deficient threading support.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3" id="CONFIGURE-OPTIONS-BUILD-PROCESS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">17.4.1.4. Build Process Details</h4></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-includes=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORIES</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORIES</code></em> is a colon-separated list of
+ directories that will be added to the list the compiler
+ searches for header files. If you have optional packages
+ (such as GNU <span class="application">Readline</span>) installed in a non-standard
+ location,
+ you have to use this option and probably also the corresponding
+ <code class="option">--with-libraries</code> option.
+ </p><p>
+ Example: <code class="literal">--with-includes=/opt/gnu/include:/usr/sup/include</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-libraries=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORIES</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORIES</code></em> is a colon-separated list of
+ directories to search for libraries. You will probably have
+ to use this option (and the corresponding
+ <code class="option">--with-includes</code> option) if you have packages
+ installed in non-standard locations.
+ </p><p>
+ Example: <code class="literal">--with-libraries=/opt/gnu/lib:/usr/sup/lib</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-system-tzdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em></code>
+ <a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.7.2.3.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> includes its own time zone database,
+ which it requires for date and time operations. This time zone
+ database is in fact compatible with the IANA time zone
+ database provided by many operating systems such as FreeBSD,
+ Linux, and Solaris, so it would be redundant to install it again.
+ When this option is used, the system-supplied time zone database
+ in <em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em> is used instead of the one
+ included in the PostgreSQL source distribution.
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>DIRECTORY</code></em> must be specified as an
+ absolute path. <code class="filename">/usr/share/zoneinfo</code> is a
+ likely directory on some operating systems. Note that the
+ installation routine will not detect mismatching or erroneous time
+ zone data. If you use this option, you are advised to run the
+ regression tests to verify that the time zone data you have
+ pointed to works correctly with <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>.
+ </p><a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.7.2.3.2.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
+ This option is mainly aimed at binary package distributors
+ who know their target operating system well. The main
+ advantage of using this option is that the PostgreSQL package
+ won't need to be upgraded whenever any of the many local
+ daylight-saving time rules change. Another advantage is that
+ PostgreSQL can be cross-compiled more straightforwardly if the
+ time zone database files do not need to be built during the
+ installation.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-extra-version=<em class="replaceable"><code>STRING</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Append <em class="replaceable"><code>STRING</code></em> to the PostgreSQL version number. You
+ can use this, for example, to mark binaries built from unreleased Git
+ snapshots or containing custom patches with an extra version string,
+ such as a <code class="command">git describe</code> identifier or a
+ distribution package release number.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-rpath</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Do not mark <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>'s executables
+ to indicate that they should search for shared libraries in the
+ installation's library directory (see <code class="option">--libdir</code>).
+ On most platforms, this marking uses an absolute path to the
+ library directory, so that it will be unhelpful if you relocate
+ the installation later. However, you will then need to provide
+ some other way for the executables to find the shared libraries.
+ Typically this requires configuring the operating system's
+ dynamic linker to search the library directory; see
+ <a class="xref" href="install-post.html#INSTALL-POST-SHLIBS" title="17.5.1. Shared Libraries">Section 17.5.1</a> for more detail.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3" id="CONFIGURE-OPTIONS-MISC"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">17.4.1.5. Miscellaneous</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ It's fairly common, particularly for test builds, to adjust the
+ default port number with <code class="option">--with-pgport</code>.
+ The other options in this section are recommended only for advanced
+ users.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-pgport=<em class="replaceable"><code>NUMBER</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Set <em class="replaceable"><code>NUMBER</code></em> as the default port number for
+ server and clients. The default is 5432. The port can always
+ be changed later on, but if you specify it here then both
+ server and clients will have the same default compiled in,
+ which can be very convenient. Usually the only good reason
+ to select a non-default value is if you intend to run multiple
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> servers on the same machine.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-krb-srvnam=<em class="replaceable"><code>NAME</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ The default name of the Kerberos service principal used
+ by GSSAPI.
+ <code class="literal">postgres</code> is the default. There's usually no
+ reason to change this unless you are building for a Windows
+ environment, in which case it must be set to upper case
+ <code class="literal">POSTGRES</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-segsize=<em class="replaceable"><code>SEGSIZE</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Set the <em class="firstterm">segment size</em>, in gigabytes. Large tables are
+ divided into multiple operating-system files, each of size equal
+ to the segment size. This avoids problems with file size limits
+ that exist on many platforms. The default segment size, 1 gigabyte,
+ is safe on all supported platforms. If your operating system has
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">largefile</span>”</span> support (which most do, nowadays), you can use
+ a larger segment size. This can be helpful to reduce the number of
+ file descriptors consumed when working with very large tables.
+ But be careful not to select a value larger than is supported
+ by your platform and the file systems you intend to use. Other
+ tools you might wish to use, such as <span class="application">tar</span>, could
+ also set limits on the usable file size.
+ It is recommended, though not absolutely required, that this value
+ be a power of 2.
+ Note that changing this value breaks on-disk database compatibility,
+ meaning you cannot use <code class="command">pg_upgrade</code> to upgrade to
+ a build with a different segment size.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-blocksize=<em class="replaceable"><code>BLOCKSIZE</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Set the <em class="firstterm">block size</em>, in kilobytes. This is the unit
+ of storage and I/O within tables. The default, 8 kilobytes,
+ is suitable for most situations; but other values may be useful
+ in special cases.
+ The value must be a power of 2 between 1 and 32 (kilobytes).
+ Note that changing this value breaks on-disk database compatibility,
+ meaning you cannot use <code class="command">pg_upgrade</code> to upgrade to
+ a build with a different block size.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-wal-blocksize=<em class="replaceable"><code>BLOCKSIZE</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Set the <em class="firstterm">WAL block size</em>, in kilobytes. This is the unit
+ of storage and I/O within the WAL log. The default, 8 kilobytes,
+ is suitable for most situations; but other values may be useful
+ in special cases.
+ The value must be a power of 2 between 1 and 64 (kilobytes).
+ Note that changing this value breaks on-disk database compatibility,
+ meaning you cannot use <code class="command">pg_upgrade</code> to upgrade to
+ a build with a different WAL block size.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect3" id="CONFIGURE-OPTIONS-DEVEL"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">17.4.1.6. Developer Options</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ Most of the options in this section are only of interest for
+ developing or debugging <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>.
+ They are not recommended for production builds, except
+ for <code class="option">--enable-debug</code>, which can be useful to enable
+ detailed bug reports in the unlucky event that you encounter a bug.
+ On platforms supporting DTrace, <code class="option">--enable-dtrace</code>
+ may also be reasonable to use in production.
+ </p><p>
+ When building an installation that will be used to develop code inside
+ the server, it is recommended to use at least the
+ options <code class="option">--enable-debug</code>
+ and <code class="option">--enable-cassert</code>.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-debug</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Compiles all programs and libraries with debugging symbols.
+ This means that you can run the programs in a debugger
+ to analyze problems. This enlarges the size of the installed
+ executables considerably, and on non-GCC compilers it usually
+ also disables compiler optimization, causing slowdowns. However,
+ having the symbols available is extremely helpful for dealing
+ with any problems that might arise. Currently, this option is
+ recommended for production installations only if you use GCC.
+ But you should always have it on if you are doing development work
+ or running a beta version.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-cassert</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Enables <em class="firstterm">assertion</em> checks in the server, which test for
+ many <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">cannot happen</span>”</span> conditions. This is invaluable for
+ code development purposes, but the tests can slow down the
+ server significantly.
+ Also, having the tests turned on won't necessarily enhance the
+ stability of your server! The assertion checks are not categorized
+ for severity, and so what might be a relatively harmless bug will
+ still lead to server restarts if it triggers an assertion
+ failure. This option is not recommended for production use, but
+ you should have it on for development work or when running a beta
+ version.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-tap-tests</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Enable tests using the Perl TAP tools. This requires a Perl
+ installation and the Perl module <code class="literal">IPC::Run</code>.
+ <span class="phrase">See <a class="xref" href="regress-tap.html" title="33.4. TAP Tests">Section 33.4</a> for more information.</span>
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-depend</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Enables automatic dependency tracking. With this option, the
+ makefiles are set up so that all affected object files will
+ be rebuilt when any header file is changed. This is useful
+ if you are doing development work, but is just wasted overhead
+ if you intend only to compile once and install. At present,
+ this option only works with GCC.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-coverage</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ If using GCC, all programs and libraries are compiled with
+ code coverage testing instrumentation. When run, they
+ generate files in the build directory with code coverage
+ metrics.
+ <span class="phrase">See <a class="xref" href="regress-coverage.html" title="33.5. Test Coverage Examination">Section 33.5</a>
+ for more information.</span> This option is for use only with GCC
+ and when doing development work.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-profiling</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ If using GCC, all programs and libraries are compiled so they
+ can be profiled. On backend exit, a subdirectory will be created
+ that contains the <code class="filename">gmon.out</code> file containing
+ profile data.
+ This option is for use only with GCC and when doing development work.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-dtrace</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ <a id="id-1.6.4.8.6.9.4.7.2.1.1" class="indexterm"></a>
+ Compiles <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> with support for the
+ dynamic tracing tool DTrace.
+ <span class="phrase">See <a class="xref" href="dynamic-trace.html" title="28.5. Dynamic Tracing">Section 28.5</a>
+ for more information.</span>
+ </p><p>
+ To point to the <code class="command">dtrace</code> program, the
+ environment variable <code class="envar">DTRACE</code> can be set. This
+ will often be necessary because <code class="command">dtrace</code> is
+ typically installed under <code class="filename">/usr/sbin</code>,
+ which might not be in your <code class="envar">PATH</code>.
+ </p><p>
+ Extra command-line options for the <code class="command">dtrace</code> program
+ can be specified in the environment variable
+ <code class="envar">DTRACEFLAGS</code>. On Solaris,
+ to include DTrace support in a 64-bit binary, you must specify
+ <code class="literal">DTRACEFLAGS="-64"</code>. For example,
+ using the GCC compiler:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+./configure CC='gcc -m64' --enable-dtrace DTRACEFLAGS='-64' ...
+</pre><p>
+ Using Sun's compiler:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+./configure CC='/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xtarget=native64' --enable-dtrace DTRACEFLAGS='-64' ...
+</pre><p>
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="sect2" id="CONFIGURE-ENVVARS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">17.4.2. <code class="filename">configure</code> Environment Variables</h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.6.4.8.7.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
+ In addition to the ordinary command-line options described above,
+ <code class="filename">configure</code> responds to a number of environment
+ variables.
+ You can specify environment variables on the
+ <code class="filename">configure</code> command line, for example:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>./configure CC=/opt/bin/gcc CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe'</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ In this usage an environment variable is little different from a
+ command-line option.
+ You can also set such variables beforehand:
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>export CC=/opt/bin/gcc</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>export CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe'</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>./configure</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ This usage can be convenient because many programs' configuration
+ scripts respond to these variables in similar ways.
+ </p><p>
+ The most commonly used of these environment variables are
+ <code class="envar">CC</code> and <code class="envar">CFLAGS</code>.
+ If you prefer a C compiler different from the one
+ <code class="filename">configure</code> picks, you can set the
+ variable <code class="envar">CC</code> to the program of your choice.
+ By default, <code class="filename">configure</code> will pick
+ <code class="filename">gcc</code> if available, else the platform's
+ default (usually <code class="filename">cc</code>). Similarly, you can override the
+ default compiler flags if needed with the <code class="envar">CFLAGS</code> variable.
+ </p><p>
+ Here is a list of the significant variables that can be set in
+ this manner:
+
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">BISON</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Bison program
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">CC</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ C compiler
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">CFLAGS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ options to pass to the C compiler
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">CLANG</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ path to <code class="command">clang</code> program used to process source code
+ for inlining when compiling with <code class="literal">--with-llvm</code>
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">CPP</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ C preprocessor
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">CPPFLAGS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ options to pass to the C preprocessor
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">CXX</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ C++ compiler
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">CXXFLAGS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ options to pass to the C++ compiler
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">DTRACE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ location of the <code class="command">dtrace</code> program
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">DTRACEFLAGS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ options to pass to the <code class="command">dtrace</code> program
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">FLEX</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Flex program
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">LDFLAGS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ options to use when linking either executables or shared libraries
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">LDFLAGS_EX</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ additional options for linking executables only
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">LDFLAGS_SL</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ additional options for linking shared libraries only
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">LLVM_CONFIG</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ <code class="command">llvm-config</code> program used to locate the
+ <span class="productname">LLVM</span> installation
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">MSGFMT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ <code class="command">msgfmt</code> program for native language support
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PERL</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Perl interpreter program. This will be used to determine the
+ dependencies for building PL/Perl. The default is
+ <code class="command">perl</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PYTHON</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Python interpreter program. This will be used to determine the
+ dependencies for building PL/Python. If this is not set, the
+ following are probed in this order:
+ <code class="literal">python3 python</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">TCLSH</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ Tcl interpreter program. This will be used to
+ determine the dependencies for building PL/Tcl.
+ If this is not set, the following are probed in this
+ order: <code class="literal">tclsh tcl tclsh8.6 tclsh86 tclsh8.5 tclsh85
+ tclsh8.4 tclsh84</code>.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">XML2_CONFIG</code></span></dt><dd><p>
+ <code class="command">xml2-config</code> program used to locate the
+ libxml2 installation
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
+ </p><p>
+ Sometimes it is useful to add compiler flags after-the-fact to the set
+ that were chosen by <code class="filename">configure</code>. An important example is
+ that <span class="application">gcc</span>'s <code class="option">-Werror</code> option cannot be included
+ in the <code class="envar">CFLAGS</code> passed to <code class="filename">configure</code>, because
+ it will break many of <code class="filename">configure</code>'s built-in tests. To add
+ such flags, include them in the <code class="envar">COPT</code> environment variable
+ while running <code class="filename">make</code>. The contents of <code class="envar">COPT</code>
+ are added to both the <code class="envar">CFLAGS</code> and <code class="envar">LDFLAGS</code>
+ options set up by <code class="filename">configure</code>. For example, you could do
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make COPT='-Werror'</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ or
+</p><pre class="screen">
+<strong class="userinput"><code>export COPT='-Werror'</code></strong>
+<strong class="userinput"><code>make</code></strong>
+</pre><p>
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+ If using GCC, it is best to build with an optimization level of
+ at least <code class="option">-O1</code>, because using no optimization
+ (<code class="option">-O0</code>) disables some important compiler warnings (such
+ as the use of uninitialized variables). However, non-zero
+ optimization levels can complicate debugging because stepping
+ through compiled code will usually not match up one-to-one with
+ source code lines. If you get confused while trying to debug
+ optimized code, recompile the specific files of interest with
+ <code class="option">-O0</code>. An easy way to do this is by passing an option
+ to <span class="application">make</span>: <code class="command">make PROFILE=-O0 file.o</code>.
+ </p><p>
+ The <code class="envar">COPT</code> and <code class="envar">PROFILE</code> environment variables are
+ actually handled identically by the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
+ makefiles. Which to use is a matter of preference, but a common habit
+ among developers is to use <code class="envar">PROFILE</code> for one-time flag
+ adjustments, while <code class="envar">COPT</code> might be kept set all the time.
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