16.3. Getting the Source

The PostgreSQL 12.20 (2ndQPG 12.20r1.1.20) sources can be obtained from the download section of our website: https://www.postgresql.org/download/. You should get a file named postgresql-12.20 (2ndQPG 12.20r1.1.20).tar.gz or postgresql-12.20 (2ndQPG 12.20r1.1.20).tar.bz2. After you have obtained the file, unpack it:

gunzip postgresql-12.20 (2ndQPG 12.20r1.1.20).tar.gz
tar xf postgresql-12.20 (2ndQPG 12.20r1.1.20).tar

(Use bunzip2 instead of gunzip if you have the .bz2 file.) This will create a directory postgresql-12.20 (2ndQPG 12.20r1.1.20) under the current directory with the PostgreSQL sources. Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure.

You can also get the source directly from the version control repository, see Appendix I.