</screen>
     your DTrace installation is too old to handle probes in static
     functions.  You need Solaris 10u4 or newer to use DTrace.
    </para>
   </sect3>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="installation-notes-visual-studio">
   <title>Visual Studio</title>

   <indexterm zone="installation-notes-visual-studio">
    <primary>Visual Studio</primary>
    <secondary>installation on</secondary>
   </indexterm>

   <para>
    It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for
    Windows, available as a graphical installer package from the
    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> website at
    <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"></ulink>. Building from
    source is only intended for people developing
    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> or extensions.
   </para>

   <para>
    PostgreSQL for Windows with Visual Studio can be built using Meson, as
    described in <xref linkend="install-meson"/>.
    The native Windows port requires a 32 or 64-bit version of Windows
    10 or later.
   </para>

   <para>
    Native builds of <application>psql</application> don't support command
    line editing. The <productname>Cygwin</productname> build does support
    command line editing, so it should be used where psql is needed for
    interactive use on <productname>Windows</productname>.
   </para>

   <para>
    PostgreSQL can be built using the Visual C++ compiler suite from Microsoft.
    These compilers can be either from <productname>Visual Studio</productname>,
    <productname>Visual Studio Express</productname> or some versions of the
    <productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname>. If you do not already have a
    <productname>Visual Studio</productname> environment set up, the easiest
    ways are to use the compilers from
    <productname>Visual Studio 2022</productname> or those in the
    <productname>Windows SDK 10</productname>, which are both free downloads
    from Microsoft.
   </para>

   <para>
    Both 32-bit and 64-bit builds are possible with the Microsoft Compiler suite.
    32-bit PostgreSQL builds are possible with
    <productname>Visual Studio 2015</productname> to
    <productname>Visual Studio 2022</productname>,
    as well as standalone Windows SDK releases 10 and above.
    64-bit PostgreSQL builds are supported with
    <productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> version 10 and above or
    <productname>Visual Studio 2015</productname> and above.
    <!--
        For 2015 requirements:
        https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2015-sysrequirements-vs
        For 2017 requirements:
        https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-system-requirements-vs
        For 2019 requirements:
        https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/system-requirements
        For 2022 requirements:
        https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/system-requirements
    -->
   </para>

   <para>
    If your build environment doesn't ship with a supported version of the
    <productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> it is recommended
    that you upgrade to the latest version (currently version 10), available
    for download from <ulink url="https://www.microsoft.com/download"></ulink>.
   </para>

   <para>
    You must always include the
    <application>Windows Headers and Libraries</application> part of the SDK.
    If you install a <productname>Windows SDK</productname>
    including the <application>Visual C++ Compilers</application>,
    you don't need <productname>Visual Studio</productname> to build.
    Note that as of Version 8.0a the Windows SDK no longer ships with a
    complete command-line build environment.
   </para>

   <sect3 id="windows-requirements">
    <title>Requirements</title>
    <para>
     The following additional products are required to build
     <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> on Windows.

     <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
       <term><productname>Strawberry