Ports
Currently Supported Platforms
Postgres is available free of charge. This manual
describes version 6.4 of Postgres. The authors have
compiled and tested Postgres on the following
platforms:
Supported Platforms
OS
Processor
Version
Reported
Remarks
AIX 4.1.x-4.2
RS6000
v6.3
1998-03-01
4.1.4.0,4.2 (Darren King),
4.1.5 (Andreas Zeugswetter);
3.2.5 confirmed on v6.2.1 (Frank Dana)
BSDi
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Bruce Momjian
FreeBSD 2.2.x-3.x
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Tatsuo Ishii,
Marc Fournier)
NetBSD 1.3
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Brook Milligan)
NetBSD 1.3
NS32532
v6.3
1998-07-20
(Phil Nelson)
NetBSD 1.3
Sparc
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Tom I Helbekkmo)
NetBSD 1.3
VAX
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Tom I Helbekkmo)
DGUX 5.4R4.11
m88k
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Brian E Gallew)
HPUX 10.20
PA-RISC
v6.3
1998-03-01
9.0.x confirmed on v6.2.1 (Stan Brown)
IRIX 6.x
MIPS
v6.3
1998-03-01
5.x is different (Andrew Martin)
Digital 4.0
Alpha
v6.3.2
1998-04-16
reported working for DUnix/v3.2g (Pedro J. Lobo)
linux 2.0.x
Alpha
v6.3.2
1998-04-16
mostly successful (Ryan Kirkpatrick,
Jeff Sturm )
linux 2.0.x
x86
v6.4
1998-09-14
(Thomas Lockhart,
Tatsuo Ishii)
linux 2.0.x
Sparc
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Tom Szybist)
mklinux
PPC750
v6.4
1998-09-16
(Tatsuo Ishii)
SCO
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
partial success (Billy G. Allie)
Solaris
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Marc Fournier)
Solaris 2.5.1-2.6
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Marc Fournier,
Tatsuo Ishii)
SunOS 4.1.4
Sparc
v6.3
1998-03-01
patches submitted (Tatsuo Ishii)
SVR4
MIPS
v6.3
1998-03-01
similar to v6.2.1; "mostly working" (Frank Ridderbusch)
SVR4 4.4
m88k
v6.2.1
1998-03-01
confirmed with patching (Doug Winterburn)
Unixware
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
aka UNIVEL (Billy G. Allie)
NextStep
x86
v6.x
1998-03-01
client-only support; v1.0.9 worked with patches (David Wetzel)
Unsupported Platforms
There are a few platforms which have been attempted and which have been
reported to not work with the standard distribution.
Others listed here do not provide sufficient library support for an attempt.
Possibly Incompatible Platforms
Incompatibles
OS
Processor
Version
Reported
Remarks
MacOS
all
v6.3
1998-03-01
not library compatible; use ODBC/JDBC
NetBSD
arm32
v6.3
1998-03-01
not yet working (Dave Millen)
NetBSD
m68k
v6.3
1998-03-01
Amiga, HP300, Mac; not yet working (Henry Hotz)
Ultrix
MIPS,VAX?
v6.x
1998-03-01
no recent reports; obsolete?
Windows NT
all
v6.3
1998-03-01
not library compatible; client side maybe; use ODBC/JDBC
Windows
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
not library compatible; client side maybe; use ODBC/JDBC
Note that Windows ports of the frontend are apparently possible
using third-party Posix porting tools and libraries.