Commit 48eaa34d authored by Magnus Hagander's avatar Magnus Hagander

Update Windows installation notes.

pginstaller isn't used anymore, in favor of the one-click installers.
Make it clear that we support Windows 2000 and newer with the native
port, instead of first saying we support NT4 and then saying we don't.
parent 3bfcccc2
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<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
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this chapter; the Visual C++ build works completely differently
and is described in <![%standalone-include[the
documentation]]><![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="install-win32">]]>.
There is also a precompiled binary installer which you can find at
from <ulink url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller"></ulink>.
It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like
MinGW. The ready-made installer files are available on the main
PostgreSQL FTP servers in the <filename>binary/win32</filename>
directory.
MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on the main
PostgreSQL web site.
</para>
<para>
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.) Earlier operating systems do
The native Windows port requires a 32 or 64-bit version of Windows
2000 or later. Earlier operating systems do
not have sufficient infrastructure (but Cygwin may be used on
those). MinGW, the Unix-like build tools, and MSYS, a collection
of Unix tools required to run shell scripts
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