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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>Chapter 18. Installation from Source Code on Windows</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="installation-platform-notes.html" title="17.7. Platform-Specific Notes" /><link rel="next" href="install-windows-full.html" title="18.1. Building with Visual C++ or the Microsoft Windows SDK" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">Chapter 18. Installation from Source Code on <span class="productname">Windows</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="installation-platform-notes.html" title="17.7. Platform-Specific Notes">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="admin.html" title="Part III. Server Administration">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Server Administration</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="install-windows-full.html" title="18.1. Building with Visual C++ or the&#10;  Microsoft Windows SDK">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" id="INSTALL-WINDOWS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title">Chapter 18. Installation from Source Code on <span class="productname">Windows</span></h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install-windows-full.html">18.1. Building with <span class="productname">Visual C++</span> or the
  <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows SDK</span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install-windows-full.html#INSTALL-WINDOWS-FULL-REQUIREMENTS">18.1.1. Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install-windows-full.html#INSTALL-WINDOWS-FULL-64-BIT">18.1.2. Special Considerations for 64-Bit Windows</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install-windows-full.html#INSTALL-WINDOWS-FULL-BUILD">18.1.3. Building</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install-windows-full.html#INSTALL-WINDOWS-FULL-CLEAN-INST">18.1.4. Cleaning and Installing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install-windows-full.html#INSTALL-WINDOWS-FULL-REG-TESTS">18.1.5. Running the Regression Tests</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><a id="id-1.6.5.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
  It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for
  Windows, available as a graphical installer package
  from the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> website at
  <a class="ulink" href="https://www.postgresql.org/download/" target="_top">https://www.postgresql.org/download/</a>. Building from source
  is only intended for people developing <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
  or extensions.
 </p><p>
  There are several different ways of building PostgreSQL on
  <span class="productname">Windows</span>. The simplest way to build with
  Microsoft tools is to install <span class="productname">Visual Studio 2022</span>
  and use the included compiler. It is also possible to build with the full
  <span class="productname">Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 to 2022</span>.
  In some cases that requires the installation of the
  <span class="productname">Windows SDK</span> in addition to the compiler.
 </p><p>
  It is also possible to build PostgreSQL using the GNU compiler tools
  provided by <span class="productname">MinGW</span>, or using
  <span class="productname">Cygwin</span> for older versions of
  <span class="productname">Windows</span>.
 </p><p>
  Building using <span class="productname">MinGW</span> or
  <span class="productname">Cygwin</span> uses the normal build system, see
  <a class="xref" href="installation.html" title="Chapter 17. Installation from Source Code">Chapter 17</a> and the specific notes in
  <a class="xref" href="installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-MINGW" title="17.7.4. MinGW/Native Windows">Section 17.7.4</a> and <a class="xref" href="installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-CYGWIN" title="17.7.2. Cygwin">Section 17.7.2</a>.
  To produce native 64 bit binaries in these environments, use the tools from
  <span class="productname">MinGW-w64</span>. These tools can also be used to
  cross-compile for 32 bit and 64 bit <span class="productname">Windows</span>
  targets on other hosts, such as <span class="productname">Linux</span> and
  <span class="productname">macOS</span>.
  <span class="productname">Cygwin</span> is not recommended for running a
  production server, and it should only be used for running on
  older versions of <span class="productname">Windows</span> where
  the native build does not work. The official
  binaries are built using <span class="productname">Visual Studio</span>.
 </p><p>
  Native builds of <span class="application">psql</span> don't support command
  line editing. The <span class="productname">Cygwin</span> build does support
  command line editing, so it should be used where psql is needed for
  interactive use on  <span class="productname">Windows</span>.
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