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PostgreSQL has been verified by the developer community to work on the platforms listed below. A supported platform generally means that PostgreSQL builds and installs according to these instructions and that the regression tests pass.
Note: If you are having problems with the installation on a supported platform, please write to
<pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>or<pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>, not to the people listed here.
| OS | Processor | Version | Reported | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIX | RS6000 | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Hans-Jürgen Schönig (<hs@cybertec.at>) | see also doc/FAQ_AIX |
| BSD/OS | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
Bruce Momjian (<pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>) | 4.3 |
| FreeBSD | Alpha | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 4.8 |
| FreeBSD | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 4.9 |
| HP-UX | PA-RISC | 7.4 | 2003-10-31, 10.20, Tom Lane (<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>);
2003-11-04, 11.00, Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>)
| gcc and cc; see also doc/FAQ_HPUX |
| IRIX | MIPS | 7.4 | 2003-11-12,
Robert E. Bruccoleri (<bruc@stone.congenomics.com>) | 6.5.20, cc only |
| Linux | Alpha | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | 2.4 |
| Linux | arm41 | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | 2.4 |
| Linux | Itanium | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | 2.4 |
| Linux | m68k | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | 2.4 |
| Linux | MIPS | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | 2.4 |
| Linux | Opteron | 7.4 | 2003-11-01,
Jani Averbach (<jaa@cc.jyu.fi>) | 2.6 |
| Linux | PPC | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | |
| Linux | S/390 | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | 2.4 |
| Linux | Sparc | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 2.4, 32-bit |
| Linux | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 2.4 |
| Mac OS X | PPC | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
10.2.8, Adam Witney (<awitney@sghms.ac.uk>),
10.3, Marko Karppinen (<marko@karppinen.fi>) | |
| NetBSD | arm32 | 7.4 | 2003-11-12,
Patrick Welche (<prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>) | 1.6ZE/acorn32 |
| NetBSD | Sparc | 7.4.1 | 2003-11-26,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 1.6.1, 32-bit |
| NetBSD | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 1.6 |
| OpenBSD | Sparc | 7.4 | 2003-11-01,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 3.4 |
| OpenBSD | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | 3.2 |
| Solaris | Sparc | 7.4 | 2003-10-26,
Christopher Browne (<cbbrowne@libertyrms.info>) | 2.8; see also doc/FAQ_Solaris |
| Solaris | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-26,
Kurt Roeckx (<Q@ping.be>) | 2.6; see also doc/FAQ_Solaris |
| Tru64 UNIX | Alpha | 7.4 | 2003-10-25, 5.1b, Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>);
2003-10-29, 4.0g, Alessio Bragadini (<alessio@albourne.com>) | |
| UnixWare | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-11-03, Larry Rosenman (<ler@lerctr.org>) | 7.1.3; join test may fail, see also doc/FAQ_SCO |
| Windows with Cygwin | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-24,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | see doc/FAQ_MSWIN |
| Windows | x86 | 7.4 | 2003-10-27,
Dave Page (<dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>) | native is client-side only, see Chapter 15 |
Unsupported Platforms: The following platforms are either known not to work, or they used to work in a previous release and we did not receive explicit confirmation of a successful test with version 7.4 at the time this list was compiled. We include these here to let you know that these platforms could be supported if given some attention.
| OS | Processor | Version | Reported | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeOS | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-29,
Cyril Velter (<cyril.velter@libertysurf.fr>) | needs updates to semaphore code |
| Linux | PlayStation 2 | 7.4 | 2003-11-02,
Peter Eisentraut (<peter_e@gmx.net>) | needs new config.guess,
--disable-spinlocks, #undef
HAS_TEST_AND_SET, disable tas_dummy()
|
| Linux | PA-RISC | 7.4 | 2003-10-25,
Noèl Köthe (<noel@debian.org>) | needs --disable-spinlocks, otherwise OK |
| NetBSD | Alpha | 7.2 | 2001-11-20,
Thomas Thai (<tom@minnesota.com>) | 1.5W |
| NetBSD | MIPS | 7.2.1 | 2002-06-13,
Warwick Hunter (<whunter@agile.tv>) | 1.5.3 |
| NetBSD | PPC | 7.2 | 2001-11-28,
Bill Studenmund (<wrstuden@netbsd.org>) | 1.5 |
| NetBSD | VAX | 7.1 | 2001-03-30,
Tom I. Helbekkmo (<tih@kpnQwest.no>) | 1.5 |
| QNX 4 RTOS | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-12-10,
Bernd Tegge (<tegge@repas-aeg.de>)
| needs updates to semaphore code; see also doc/FAQ_QNX4 |
| QNX RTOS v6 | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-20, Igor Kovalenko (<Igor.Kovalenko@motorola.com>) | patches available in archives, but too late for 7.2 |
| SCO OpenServer | x86 | 7.3.1 | 2002-12-11,
Shibashish Satpathy (<shib@postmark.net>) | 5.0.4, gcc; see also doc/FAQ_SCO |
| SunOS 4 | Sparc | 7.2 | 2001-12-04, Tatsuo Ishii (<t-ishii@sra.co.jp>) |