5. Where to get it ?

You can buy Redhat Linux CDROM, Debian Linux CDROM or Slackware Linux CDROM which already contains the Postgresql in package form (both source code and binaries) from :

• Linux System Labs Web site: http://www.lsl.com/ 7 (U.S. dollars)
• Cheap Bytes Inc Web site: http://www.cheapbytes.com/ 7 (U.S. dollars)
• Debian Main Web site : http://www.debian.org/vendors.html

PostgreSQL organisation is also selling 'PostgreSQL CDROM' which contains the complete source code and binaries for many Unix operating systems as well as full documentation.

• PostgreSQL CDROM from main Web site at : http://www.postgresql.org 30 (U.S. dollars)

Binaries only distribution of PostgreSQL:

• You can run PostgreSQL without compiling the source. Get binaries for Intel-Linux from ftp://www.redhat.com/pub/contrib/i386/ file is postgresql-6.4.i386.rpm. This is in the redhat package 'rpm' format and it contains both source and binaries for PostgreSQL.
• Binaries site for Solaris, HPUX, AIX, IRIX, Linux : ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/bindist If you compile on any platform please upload to site, so that it will be useful for others.
• ftp site : Get binaries for Intel-Linux from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/i386/ file is postgresql-6.4.i386.rpm. This is in the redhat package 'rpm' format and it contains both source and binaries for PostgreSQL.

WWW Web sites:

• Primary Web site: http://www.postgresql.org/
• Secondary Web site: http://logical.thought.net/postgres95/
• http://www.itm.tu-clausthal.de/mirrors/postgres95/
• http://s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/postgres95/
• http://xenium.pdi.net/PostgreSQL/
• http://s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/postgres95/

The ftp sites are listed below :-

• Primary FTP: ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub
• Secondary FTP: ftp://ftp.chicks.net/pub/postgresql
• ftp://ftp.emsi.priv.at/pub/postgres/
• ftp://ftp.itm.tu-clausthal.de/pub/mirrors/postgres95
• ftp://rocker.sch.bme.hu/pub/mirrors/postgreSQL
• ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/dbms/postgres95
• ftp://ftp.luga.or.at/pub/postgres95
• ftp://postgres95.vnet.net:/pub/postgres95
• ftp://ftpza.co.za/mirrors/postgres
• ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/databases/postgresql
• ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/software/postgresql
• ftp://xenium.pdi.net/pub/PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL source code is also available at all the mirror sites of sunsite unc (total of about 1000 sites around the globe). It is inside the Red Hat Linux distribution in /pub/contrib/i386/postgresql.rpm file.

• For list of mirror sites go to ftp://sunsite.unc.edu