2 Chapter 16. Installation from Binaries
4 PostgreSQL is available in the form of binary packages for most common
5 operating systems today. When available, this is the recommended way to
6 install PostgreSQL for users of the system. Building from source (see
7 Chapter 17) is only recommended for people developing PostgreSQL or
10 For an updated list of platforms providing binary packages, please
11 visit the download section on the PostgreSQL website at
12 https://www.postgresql.org/download/ and follow the instructions for
13 the specific platform.