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</div><p>Skip this section if you will run only Oracle.</p><p>OpenACS 5.9.0 will run with <a class="link" href="individual-programs.html#source-postgresql" title="PostgreSQL 7.4.x (Either this or Oracle is REQUIRED)">PostgreSQL</a> 9.0 or newer. 9.5 is currently
the recommended version of PostgreSQL.</p><p>It is recommend to use a prepackaged version of PostgreSQL,
which are available in source and binary formats from
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.postgresql.org/download" target="_top">www.postgresql.org/download/</a>.
</p><p>Larger installations might want to tune the PostgreSQL
installation with e.g. the utility <a class="ulink" href="https://github.com/gregs1104/pgtune" target="_top">pgtune</a>, which is also
available via <strong class="userinput"><code>apt-get install pgtune</code></strong> or
<strong class="userinput"><code>dnf install pgtune</code></strong> on Debian/Ubuntu or RedHat systems.
</p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-postgres-moreinfo"></a>More information about PostgreSQL</h3></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/" target="_top">Official PostgreSQL
Docs</a>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/postgresql/" target="_top">PostgreSQL Introduction and Resources</a>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Performance_Optimization" target="_top">PostgreSQL
Performance Tuning</a>
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