Appendix J. Documentation

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## Appendix J. Documentation

**Table of Contents**

[J.1. DocBook](docguide-docbook.html)[J.2. Tool Sets](docguide-toolsets.html)[J.2.1. Installation on Fedora, RHEL, and Derivatives](docguide-toolsets.html#id-1.11.11.5.5)[J.2.2. Installation on FreeBSD](docguide-toolsets.html#id-1.11.11.5.6)[J.2.3. Debian Packages](docguide-toolsets.html#id-1.11.11.5.7)[J.2.4. macOS](docguide-toolsets.html#id-1.11.11.5.8)[J.2.5. Detection by `configure`](docguide-toolsets.html#DOCGUIDE-TOOLSETS-CONFIGURE)[J.3. Building the Documentation](docguide-build.html)[J.3.1. HTML](docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.3)[J.3.2. Manpages](docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.4)[J.3.3. PDF](docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.5)[J.3.4. Plain Text Files](docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.6)[J.3.5. Syntax Check](docguide-build.html#id-1.11.11.6.7)[J.4. Documentation Authoring](docguide-authoring.html)[J.4.1. Emacs](docguide-authoring.html#id-1.11.11.7.4)[J.5. Style Guide](docguide-style.html)[J.5.1. Reference Pages](docguide-style.html#id-1.11.11.8.2)

PostgreSQL has four primary documentation formats:

* Plain text, for pre-installation information

* HTML, for on-line browsing and reference

* PDF, for printing

* man pages, for quick reference.

 Additionally, a number of plain-text `README` files can be found throughout the PostgreSQL source tree, documenting various implementation issues.

HTML documentation and man pages are part of a standard distribution and are installed by default. PDF format documentation is available separately for download.

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