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A= fter all, > Chapter=E2=80=AF16 even notes that =E2=80=9Cbuilding from source (see Cha= pter=E2=80=AF17) is only > recommended for people developing PostgreSQL or extensions.=E2=80=9D Very true. However, the binary distributions that I am aware of don't ship with tutorial binaries, so you have to build it from source. I think that it would make sense to have a binary "tutorial" package, but that is for the packager lists rather than for the bugs list. Yours, Laurenz Albe