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Improve installation instructions a bit

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Reported-by: Daniel Westermann
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@ -354,31 +354,36 @@ su - postgres
<title>Getting the Source</title> <title>Getting the Source</title>
<para> <para>
The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> &version; sources can be obtained from the The version control repository for <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
download section of our can be obtained from
website: <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"></ulink>. You <ulink url="https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=summary"></ulink>;
should get a file named <filename>postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</filename> this is the recommended way to obtain the
or <filename>postgresql-&version;.tar.bz2</filename>. After <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source code.
you have obtained the file, unpack it: You can obtain a clone of the repository by running
<screen> <screen>
<userinput>gunzip postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</userinput> <userinput>git clone https://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git</userinput>
<userinput>tar xf postgresql-&version;.tar</userinput>
</screen> </screen>
(Use <command>bunzip2</command> instead of <command>gunzip</command> if This will create a directory <filename>postgresql</filename> under the current
you have the <filename>.bz2</filename> file. Also, note that most directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources.
modern versions of <command>tar</command> can unpack compressed archives Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure.
directly, so you don't really need the See <xref linkend="git"/> for further information.
separate <command>gunzip</command> or <command>bunzip2</command> step.)
This will create a directory
<filename>postgresql-&version;</filename> under the current directory
with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources.
Change into that directory for the rest
of the installation procedure.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
You can also get the source directly from the version control repository, see Alternatively, source code for the released versions can be obtained
<xref linkend="sourcerepo"/>. from the download section of our website:
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/"></ulink>.
Download then
<filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.gz</filename>
or <filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2</filename>
you're interested in, then unpack it:
<screen>
<userinput>tar xf postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2</userinput>
</screen>
This will create a directory
<filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable></filename> under
the current directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources.
Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure.
</para> </para>
</sect1> </sect1>