Ports
This manual describes version 6.5 of Postgres.
The Postgres developer community has
compiled and tested Postgres on a
number of platforms. Check
the web site
for the latest information.
Currently Supported Platforms
At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
Supported Platforms
OS
Processor
Version
Reported
Remarks
AIX 4.3.2
RS6000
v6.5
1999-05-26
(Andreas Zeugswetter)
BSDI
x86
v6.5
1999-05-25
(Bruce Momjian
FreeBSD 2.2.x-4.0
x86
v6.5
1999-05-25
(Tatsuo Ishii,
Marc Fournier)
DGUX 5.4R4.11
m88k
v6.3
1998-03-01
v6.4 probably OK. Needs new maintainer.
(Brian E Gallew)
Digital Unix 4.0
Alpha
v6.4
1998-10-29
Minor patchable problems
(Pedro J. Lobo)
HPUX
PA-RISC
v6.4
1998-10-25
Both 9.0x and 10.20
(Tom Lane,
Stan Brown)
IRIX 6.5
MIPS
v6.4
1998-12-29
IRIX 5.x is different
(Mark Dalphin)
linux 2.0.x
Alpha
v6.3.2
1998-04-16
Mostly successful. Needs work for v6.4.
(Ryan Kirkpatrick)
linux 2.0.x/libc5
x86
v6.4
1998-10-27
(Thomas Lockhart)
linux 2.0.x/glibc2
x86
v6.5
1999-05-24
(Thomas Lockhart)
linux 2.0.x
MIPS
v6.4
1998-12-16
Cobalt Qube
(Tatsuo Ishii)
linux 2.0.x
Sparc
v6.4
1998-10-25
(Tom Szybist)
linuxPPC 2.1.24
PPC603e
v6.4
1998-10-26
Powerbook 2400c
(Tatsuo Ishii)
mklinux DR3
PPC750
v6.4
1998-09-16
PowerMac 7600
(Tatsuo Ishii)
NetBSD
arm32
v6.5
1999-04-14
(Andrew McMurry)
NetBSD/i386 1.3.2
x86
v6.4
1998-10-25
(Brook Milligan)
NetBSD
m68k
v6.4.2
1998-12-28
Mac SE/30
(Mr. Mutsuki Nakajima,
Tatsuo Ishii)
NetBSD-current
NS32532
v6.4
1998-10-27
small problems in date/time math
(Jon Buller)
NetBSD/sparc 1.3H
Sparc
v6.4
1998-10-27
(Tom I Helbekkmo)
NetBSD 1.3
VAX
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Tom I Helbekkmo)
SCO OpenServer 5
x86
v6.5
1999-05-25
(Andrew Merrill)
SCO UnixWare 7
x86
v6.5
1999-05-25
(Andrew Merrill)
Solaris
x86
v6.4
1998-10-28
(Marc Fournier)
Solaris 2.6-2.7
Sparc
v6.4
1998-10-28
(Tom Szybist,
Frank Ridderbusch)
SunOS 4.1.4
Sparc
v6.3
1998-03-01
Patches submitted
(Tatsuo Ishii)
SVR4
MIPS
v6.4
1998-10-28
No 64-bit int compiler support
(Frank Ridderbusch)
Windows
x86
v6.4
1999-01-06
Client-side libraries or ODBC/JDBC. No server yet.
(Magnus Hagander
Windows NT
x86
v6.5
1999-05-26
Working with the Cygwin library.
(Daniel Horak)
Platforms listed for v6.3.x and v6.4.x should also work with v6.5,
but we did not receive explicit confirmation of such at the time this
list was compiled.
For Windows NT,
the server-side port of Postgres has recently been
accomplished. The Cygnus library is required to compile it.
Unsupported Platforms
There are a few platforms which have been attempted and which have been
reported to not work with the standard distribution.
Others listed here do not provide sufficient library support for an attempt.
Possibly Incompatible Platforms
Incompatibles
OS
Processor
Version
Reported
Remarks
MacOS
all
v6.3
1998-03-01
Not library compatible; use ODBC/JDBC
NextStep
x86
v6.x
1998-03-01
Client-only support; v1.0.9 worked with patches (David Wetzel)
SVR4 4.4
m88k
v6.2.1
1998-03-01
Confirmed with patching; v6.4.x will need TAS spinlock code
(Doug Winterburn)
Ultrix
MIPS,VAX?
v6.x
1998-03-01
No recent reports; obsolete?