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title: "Documentation"
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# Documentation

## Table of Contents

- [J.1. DocBook](docguide-docbook.md)
- [J.2. Tool Sets](docguide-toolsets.md)
  - [J.2.1. Installation on Fedora, RHEL, and Derivatives](docguide-toolsets.md#docguide-toolsets-inst-fedora-et-al)
  - [J.2.2. Installation on FreeBSD](docguide-toolsets.md#docguide-toolsets-inst-freebsd)
  - [J.2.3. Debian Packages](docguide-toolsets.md#docguide-toolsets-inst-debian)
  - [J.2.4. macOS](docguide-toolsets.md#docguide-toolsets-inst-macos)
  - [J.2.5. Detection by `configure`](docguide-toolsets.md#docguide-toolsets-configure)
- [J.3. Building the Documentation with Make](docguide-build.md)
  - [J.3.1. HTML](docguide-build.md#docguide-build-html)
  - [J.3.2. Manpages](docguide-build.md#docguide-build-manpages)
  - [J.3.3. PDF](docguide-build.md#docguide-build-pdf)
  - [J.3.4. Syntax Check](docguide-build.md#docguide-build-syntax-check)
- [J.4. Building the Documentation with Meson](docguide-build-meson.md)
- [J.5. Documentation Authoring](docguide-authoring.md)
  - [J.5.1. Emacs](docguide-authoring.md#docguide-authoring-emacs)
- [J.6. Style Guide](docguide-style.md)
  - [J.6.1. Reference Pages](docguide-style.md#docguide-style-ref-pages)

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.