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>Chapter 16. Installation from Source Code on <SPAN
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>  It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for 
  Windows, available as a <SPAN
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  from the <SPAN
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>  There are several different ways of building PostgreSQL on
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  be built using <SPAN
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  <SPAN
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  built for older versions of <SPAN
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  <SPAN
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  <SPAN
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>  Building using <SPAN
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