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