Installation instructions vs binaries - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Installation instructions vs binaries
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Msg-id CABUevExRCf8waYOsrCO-QxQL50XGapMf5dnWScOXj7X=MXW--g@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: Installation instructions vs binaries  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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It's kind of strange that if you start your PostgreSQL journey by reading our instructions, you get nothing useful about installing PostgreSQL from binary packages other than "go ask somebody else about it". Yet we have pretty good step by step instructions on our *website* for it.

Attached patch adds a chapter to the docs about installing from binaries, and refers those users to the website download instructions (and updates the Windows instructions to include an actual link to the website).

It also adds mention of it in a few other places - -there are probably more that could use some help with that in the future. But I've seen a lot of people get confused by our documentation assuming everything is from source when it comes to initdb and pg_ctl that I think it's worth specially mentioning it there.

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