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Installation from Source Code on <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows</SPAN ></H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >16.1. <A HREF="install-windows-full.html" >Building with <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Visual C++</SPAN > or the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Microsoft Windows SDK</SPAN ></A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >16.1.1. <A HREF="install-windows-full.html#AEN26311" >Requirements</A ></DT ><DT >16.1.2. <A HREF="install-windows-full.html#AEN26430" >Special Considerations for 64-bit Windows</A ></DT ><DT >16.1.3. <A HREF="install-windows-full.html#AEN26438" >Building</A ></DT ><DT >16.1.4. <A HREF="install-windows-full.html#AEN26454" >Cleaning and Installing</A ></DT ><DT >16.1.5. <A HREF="install-windows-full.html#AEN26465" >Running the Regression Tests</A ></DT ><DT >16.1.6. <A HREF="install-windows-full.html#AEN26478" >Building the Documentation</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16.2. <A HREF="install-windows-libpq.html" >Building <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >libpq</SPAN > with <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Visual C++</SPAN > or <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Borland C++</SPAN ></A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><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. 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 Express 2013 for Windows Desktop</SPAN > and use the included compiler. It is also possible to build with the full <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 to 2013</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 > Finally, the client access library (<SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >libpq</SPAN >) can be built using <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Visual C++ 7.1</SPAN > or <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Borland C++</SPAN > for compatibility with statically linked applications built using these tools. </P ><P > Building using <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >MinGW</SPAN > or <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Cygwin</SPAN > uses the normal build system, see <A HREF="installation.html" >Chapter 15</A > and the specific notes in <A HREF="installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-MINGW" >Section 15.7.5</A > and <A HREF="installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-CYGWIN" >Section 15.7.2</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" >Darwin</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, such as <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows 98</SPAN >. 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. 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