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The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.  There is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you can download from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.  ! It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.

Tools for Building Binaries

The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4 ! doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction ! points needed for symlinks.)  Earlier operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.  There is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you can find at from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.  ! It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW. ! The ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp servers ! in the binary/win32 directory. !

Tools for Building Binaries

The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4 ! is no longer supported since version 8.2)  Earlier operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from configure.  Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;  they are ! needed only for creating the binaries.  We have no intention ! of supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different ! from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too ! burdensome.

Steps For Building Binaries

--- 43,50 ---- a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like configure.  Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;  they are ! needed only for creating the binaries.  Work is in progress to support ! building using Visual C++ in a future version.

Steps For Building Binaries

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Access

- The mailing list for discussion is - pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org. You can subscribe by sending - an email body containing the word subscribe to
pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org.

Resources

There are several resources that helped us complete this port: