CHAPTER 25 (Zeus web server) Installing PostgreSQL This
CHAPTER 25 Installing PostgreSQL This chapter offers a general introduction to the PostgreSQL installation and configuration process. This chapter is not intended as a replacement for the instructions provided in the PostgreSQL user manual, but rather highlights the key procedures of immediate interest to anybody who wants to quickly ready the database server for use. In total, this chapter covers the following topics: Understanding the PostgreSQL licensing requirements Downloading instructions for the various platforms supported by PostgreSQL Installing PostgreSQL on Linux and Windows Starting PostgreSQL for the first time PostgreSQL Licensing Requirements PostgreSQL is released under the BSD license, freeing you to use, modify, and even redistribute the software in both source code and binary formats for both commercial and noncommercial purposes. According to the terms of the BSD license, you re even free to incorporate PostgreSQL into proprietary products and not share your enhancements (although you re certainly encouraged to do so). So, in a nutshell, what does this mean? Perhaps most importantly, it means that you re not constrained by any onerous licensing fees, yet you can use the software for profit as well as fun. Note To learn more about the BSD license, see its Wikipedia entry, located at http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license. Downloading PostgreSQL PostgreSQL is available for download from the official PostgreSQL Web site, located at http://www.postgresql.org/, and via the file-sharing application BitTorrent. In this section, you ll learn more about the available PostgreSQL versions for both the Unix and Windows platforms.
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