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<chapter id="install-win32">
- <title>Installation on <productname>Windows</productname></title>
+ <title>Client-Only Installation on <productname>Windows</productname></title>
<indexterm>
<primary>installation</primary>
<para>
Although <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is written for
- Unix-like operating systems and compiles under
- <productname>MinGW</productname>, the C client library
+ Unix-like operating systems and can be built using
+ <productname>MinGW</productname> and
+ <productname>Cygwin</productname>, the C client library
(<application>libpq</application>) and the interactive terminal
(<application>psql</application>) can be compiled using other Windows
tool sets. Makefiles are included in the source distribution for
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<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
<secondary>on Windows</secondary>
</indexterm>
- To build on <productname>Windows NT</> or <productname>Windows
- 2000</> you need the <productname>Cygwin</> and
- <productname>cygipc</> packages. See the file
- <filename>doc/FAQ_MSWIN</> for details.
+ To build on <productname>NT</>-based versions of
+ <productname>Windows</> like Windows XP and 2003 see
+ <filename>doc/FAQ_MINGW</>. For earlier <productname>Windows</>
+ releases see <filename>doc/FAQ_CYGWIN</>.
+
+ To build <productname>Windows</> client-only interfaces using
+ tools like <productname>Visual C++</> and <productname>Borland
+ C++</> see
+ <![%standalone-include[the documentation chapter "Client-Only
+ Installation on Windows"]]> <![%standalone-ignore[<xref
+ linkend="install-win32">]]>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>