Supported Platforms

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# 1.7. 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.

> 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 | 7.2 | 2001-12-19, Andreas Zeugswetter (`<ZeugswetterA@spardat.at>`), Tatsuo Ishii (`<t-ishii@sra.co.jp>`) | see also `doc/FAQ_AIX`
BeOS | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-29, Cyril Velter (`<cyril.velter@libertysurf.fr>`) | 5.0.4
BSD/OS | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-27, Bruce Momjian (`<pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>`) | 4.2
FreeBSD | Alpha | 7.2 | 2001-12-18, Chris Kings-Lynne (`<chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>`) |
FreeBSD | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-14, Chris Kings-Lynne (`<chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>`) |
HP-UX | PA-RISC | 7.2 | 2001-11-29, Joseph Conway (`<Joseph.Conway@home.com>`), Tom Lane (`<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>`) | 11.00 and 10.20; see also `doc/FAQ_HPUX`
IRIX | MIPS | 7.2 | 2001-11-28, Luis Amigo (`<lamigo@atc.unican.es>`) | 6.5.13, MIPSPro 7.30
Linux | Alpha | 7.2 | 2001-11-16, Tom Lane (`<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>`) | 2.2.18; tested at SourceForge
Linux | armv4l | 7.2 | 2001-12-10, Mark Knox (`<segfault@hardline.org>`) | 2.2.x
Linux | MIPS | 7.2 | 2001-11-15, Hisao Shibuya (`<shibuya@alpha.or.jp>`) | 2.0.x; Cobalt Qube2
Linux | PlayStation 2 | 7.2 | 2001-12-12, Permaine Cheung `<pcheung@redhat.com>`) | #undef HAS_TEST_AND_SET, slock_t
Linux | PPC74xx | 7.2 | 2001-11-16, Tom Lane (`<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>`) | 2.2.18; Apple G3
Linux | S/390 | 7.2 | 2001-12-12, Permaine Cheung `<pcheung@redhat.com>`) |
Linux | Sparc | 7.2 | 2001-11-28, Doug McNaught (`<doug@wireboard.com>`) | 2.2.19
Linux | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-15, Thomas Lockhart (`<lockhart@fourpalms.org>`) | 2.0.x, 2.2.x, 2.4.x
MacOS X | PPC | 7.2 | 2001-11-28, Gavin Sherry (`<swm@linuxworld.com.au>`) | 10.1.x
NetBSD | Alpha | 7.2 | 2001-11-20, Thomas Thai (`<tom@minnesota.com>`) | 1.5W
NetBSD | arm32 | 7.1 | 2001-03-21, Patrick Welche (`<prlw1@cam.ac.uk>`) | 1.5E
NetBSD | m68k | 7.0 | 2000-04-10, Henry B. Hotz (`<hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>`) | Mac 8xx
NetBSD | PPC | 7.2 | 2001-11-28, Bill Studenmund (`<wrstuden@netbsd.org>`) | 1.5
NetBSD | Sparc | 7.2 | 2001-12-03, Matthew Green (`<mrg@eterna.com.au>`) | 32- and 64-bit builds
NetBSD | VAX | 7.1 | 2001-03-30, Tom I. Helbekkmo (`<tih@kpnQwest.no>`) | 1.5
NetBSD | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-28, Bill Studenmund (`<wrstuden@netbsd.org>`) | 1.5
OpenBSD | Sparc | 7.2 | 2001-11-27, Brandon Palmer (`<bpalmer@crimelabs.net>`) | 3.0
OpenBSD | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-26, Brandon Palmer (`<bpalmer@crimelabs.net>`) | 3.0
Open UNIX | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-28, OU-8 Larry Rosenman (`<ler@lerctr.org>`), UW-7 Olivier Prenant (`<ohp@pyrenet.fr>`) | see also `doc/FAQ_SCO`
QNX 4 RTOS | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-12-10, Bernd Tegge (`<tegge@repas-aeg.de>`) | 4.25; see also `doc/FAQ_QNX4`
Solaris | Sparc | 7.2 | 2001-11-12, Andrew Sullivan (`<andrew@libertyrms.com>`) | 2.6-8; see also `doc/FAQ_Solaris`
Solaris | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-11-28, Martin Renters (`<martin@datafax.com>`) | 2.8; see also `doc/FAQ_Solaris`
SunOS 4 | Sparc | 7.2 | 2001-12-04, Tatsuo Ishii (`<t-ishii@sra.co.jp>`) |
Tru64 UNIX | Alpha | 7.2 | 2001-11-26, Alessio Bragadini (`<alessio@albourne.com>`), Bernd Tegge (`<tegge@repas-aeg.de>`) | 5.0; 4.0g with cc and gcc
Windows | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-12-13, Dave Page (`<dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>`), Jason Tishler (`<jason@tishler.net>`) | with Cygwin; see `doc/FAQ_MSWIN`
Windows | x86 | 7.2 | 2001-12-10, Dave Page (`<dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>`) | native is client-side only; see Chapter 2

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 7.2 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
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
DG/UX 5.4R4.11 | m88k | 6.3 | 1998-03-01, Brian E Gallew (`<geek+@cmu.edu>`) | no recent reports
MkLinux DR1 | PPC750 | 7.0 | 2001-04-03, Tatsuo Ishii (`<t-ishii@sra.co.jp>`) | 7.1 needs OS update?
NeXTSTEP | x86 | 6.x | 1998-03-01, David Wetzel (`<dave@turbocat.de>`) | bit rot suspected
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 5 | x86 | 6.5 | 1999-05-25, Andrew Merrill (`<andrew@compclass.com>`) | 7.2 should work, but no reports; see also `doc/FAQ_SCO`
System V R4 | m88k | 6.2.1 | 1998-03-01, Doug Winterburn (`<dlw@seavme.xroads.com>`) | needs new TAS spinlock code
System V R4 | MIPS | 6.4 | 1998-10-28, Frank Ridderbusch (`<ridderbusch.pad@sni.de>`) | no recent reports
Ultrix | MIPS | 7.1 | 2001-03-26 | TAS spinlock code not detected
Ultrix | VAX | 6.x | 1998-03-01 |

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