14.7. Supported Platforms

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. "Build farm" entries refer to builds reported by the PostgreSQL Build Farm.

Note: If you are having problems with the installation on a supported platform, please write to or , not to the people listed here.

OSProcessorVersionReportedRemarks
AIXPowerPC8.0.0Travis P (), 2004-12-12see also doc/FAQ_AIX
AIXRS60008.0.0Hans-Jürgen Schönig (), 2004-12-06see also doc/FAQ_AIX
BSD/OSx868.0.0Bruce Momjian (), 2004-12-074.3.1
Debian GNU/LinuxAlpha7.4Noèl Köthe (), 2003-10-25 
Debian GNU/LinuxAMD648.0.0Build farm panda, snapshot 2004-12-06 01:20:02sid, kernel 2.6
Debian GNU/Linuxarm417.4Noèl Köthe (), 2003-10-25 
Debian GNU/LinuxItanium7.4Noèl Köthe (), 2003-10-25 
Debian GNU/Linuxm68k8.0.0Noèl Köthe (), 2004-12-09sid
Debian GNU/LinuxMIPS8.0.0Build farm lionfish, snapshot 2004-12-06 11:00:083.1 (sarge), kernel 2.4
Debian GNU/LinuxPA-RISC8.0.0Noèl Köthe (), 2004-12-07 
Debian GNU/LinuxPowerPC8.0.0Noèl Köthe (), 2004-12-15 
Debian GNU/LinuxS/3907.4Noèl Köthe (), 2003-10-25 
Debian GNU/LinuxSparc8.0.0Noèl Köthe (), 2004-12-09sid, 32-bit
Debian GNU/Linuxx868.0.0Peter Eisentraut (), 2004-12-063.1 (sarge), kernel 2.6
FedoraAMD648.0.0John Gray (), 2004-12-12FC3
Fedorax868.0.0Build farm dog, snapshot 2004-12-06 02:06:01FC1
FreeBSDAlpha7.4Peter Eisentraut (), 2003-10-254.8
FreeBSDx868.0.0Build farm cockatoo, snapshot 2004-12-06 14:10:01 (4.10); Marc Fournier (), 2004-12-07 (5.3) 
Gentoo Linuxx868.0.0Paul Bort (), 2004-12-07 
HP-UXPA-RISC7.4 Tom Lane (), 2003-10-31 (10.20); Peter Eisentraut (), 2003-11-04 (11.00) gcc and cc; see also doc/FAQ_HPUX
IRIXMIPS7.4Robert E. Bruccoleri (), 2003-11-126.5.20, cc only
Mac OS XPowerPC8.0.0Andrew Rawnsley (), 2004-12-0710.3.5
Mandrakelinuxx868.0.0Build farm shrew, snapshot 2004-12-06 02:02:0110.0
NetBSDarm327.4Patrick Welche (), 2003-11-121.6ZE/acorn32
NetBSDSparc7.4.1Peter Eisentraut (), 2003-11-261.6.1, 32-bit
NetBSDx868.0.0Build farm canary, snapshot 2004-12-06 03:30:001.6
OpenBSDSparc648.0.0Build farm spoonbill, snapshot 2005-01-06 00:50:053.6
OpenBSDx868.0.0Build farm emu, snapshot 2004-12-06 11:35:033.6
Red Hat LinuxAMD648.0.0Tom Lane (), 2004-12-07RHEL 3AS
Red Hat LinuxIA648.0.0Tom Lane (), 2004-12-07RHEL 3AS
Red Hat LinuxPowerPC8.0.0Tom Lane (), 2004-12-07RHEL 3AS
Red Hat LinuxPowerPC 648.0.0Tom Lane (), 2004-12-07RHEL 3AS
Red Hat LinuxS/3908.0.0Tom Lane (), 2004-12-07RHEL 3AS
Red Hat LinuxS/390x8.0.0Tom Lane (), 2004-12-07RHEL 3AS
Red Hat Linuxx868.0.0Tom Lane (), 2004-12-07RHEL 3AS
SolarisSparc8.0.0Kenneth Marshall (), 2004-12-07Solaris 8; see also doc/FAQ_Solaris
Solarisx868.0.0Build farm kudu, snapshot 2004-12-10 02:30:04 (cc); dragonfly, snapshot 2004-12-09 04:30:00 (gcc)Solaris 9; see also doc/FAQ_Solaris
Tru64 UNIXAlpha7.4Peter Eisentraut (), 2003-10-25 (5.1b); Alessio Bragadini (), 2003-10-29 (4.0g) 
UnixWarex868.0.0Peter Eisentraut (), 2004-12-14cc, 7.1.4; see also doc/FAQ_SCO
Windowsx868.0.0Dave Page (), 2004-12-07see doc/FAQ_MINGW
Windows with Cygwinx868.0.0Build farm gibbon, snapshot 2004-12-11 01:33:01XP Pro; see doc/FAQ_CYGWIN

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 8.0 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.

OSProcessorVersionReportedRemarks
BeOSx867.22001-11-29, Cyril Velter ()needs updates to semaphore code
LinuxPlayStation 27.42003-11-02, Peter Eisentraut () needs new config.guess, --disable-spinlocks
NetBSDAlpha7.22001-11-20, Thomas Thai ()1.5W
NetBSDMIPS7.2.12002-06-13, Warwick Hunter ()1.5.3
NetBSDPowerPC7.22001-11-28, Bill Studenmund ()1.5
NetBSDVAX7.12001-03-30, Tom I. Helbekkmo ()1.5
QNX 4 RTOSx867.22001-12-10, Bernd Tegge () needs updates to semaphore code; see also doc/FAQ_QNX4
QNX RTOS v6x867.22001-11-20, Igor Kovalenko ()patches available in archives, but too late for 7.2
SCO OpenServerx867.3.12002-12-11, Shibashish Satpathy ()5.0.4, gcc; see also doc/FAQ_SCO
SunOS 4Sparc7.22001-12-04, Tatsuo Ishii ()