<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Getting The Source</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.73 "><LINK REV="MADE" HREF="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PostgreSQL 7.3.2 Documentation" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE=" Installation Instructions" HREF="installation.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Requirements" HREF="install-requirements.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="If You Are Upgrading" HREF="install-upgrading.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="stylesheet.css"><META NAME="creation" CONTENT="2003-02-03T20:17:34"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >PostgreSQL 7.3.2 Documentation</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="install-requirements.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 1. Installation Instructions</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="install-upgrading.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="INSTALL-GETSOURCE" >1.3. Getting The Source</A ></H1 ><P > The <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > 7.3.2 sources can be obtained by anonymous FTP from <A HREF="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-7.3.2.tar.gz" TARGET="_top" >ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-7.3.2.tar.gz</A >. Use a mirror if possible. After you have obtained the file, unpack it: </P><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >gunzip postgresql-7.3.2.tar.gz</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >tar xf postgresql-7.3.2.tar</B ></TT ></PRE ><P> This will create a directory <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >postgresql-7.3.2</TT > under the current directory with the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > sources. Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install-requirements.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install-upgrading.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Requirements</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="installation.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >If You Are Upgrading</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >