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<h1>Beta/RC Releases and Development snapshots (unstable)</h1>

<p>
Beta and Release Candidate packages are built prior to the release of
new major versions of PostgreSQL. They are not built continually.
</p>

<p>
Development snapshots are built from the latest source code and
alpha/beta/rc versions that the developers are working on.
These are 'bleeding edge' versions of PostgreSQL and
<font color="red"><b>should not be used in production systems</b></font>
as they have had little or no testing or quality control.
</p>

<p>
The latest development version of the documentation is also 
<a href="/docs/devel/static/index.html">available online</a>.
</p>

<h2>Source code</h2>

<p>
Beta and Release Candidate tarballs are <a href="/ftp/source/">made available
alongside</a> the release tarballs during the final phases of the development
cycle of new major versions of PostgreSQL.
</p>

<p>
Source code tarballs are built automatically every night on the official
PostgreSQL development server. The
<a href="/ftp/snapshot/dev/">development snapshot</a> is taken from the
head of the git repository, and includes the new features being worked
on for the next release. There are also "branch tip" snapshots built from
all supported <a href="/ftp/snapshot/">stable branches</a>, which contains
all bugfixes that are scheduled for the next release.
</p>

<h2>Installers</h2>
<p>
Installers for Windows and Mac are available <a 
href="http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdevdownload">
here</a> (offsite link). These installers also include pgAdmin and are 
published by EnterpriseDB.
</p>

<h2>Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora and Scientific Linux</h2>
<p>
RPMs for Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora and Scientific Linux are available from the
<a href="http://yum.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL Yum repository</a>.
</p>
<p>
To setup the repository for these versions, follow the same instructions
as for the <a href="/download/linux/redhat/">normal</a> yum repository on these
platforms.
</p>

<p>
Typically only Beta and Release Candidate packages are available in the
Yum repository.
</p>

<h2>Ubuntu Linux</h2>
<p>
DEBs for Ubuntu are available from the
<a href="https://launchpad.net/~pitti/+archive/postgresql">Ubuntu backports PPA</a>
repository.
</p>
<p>
To setup the repository for these versions, follow the same instructions
as for the <a href="/download/linux/ubuntu/">normal</a> PPA repository.
</p>
<p>
Typically only Beta and Release Candidate packages are available in
the PPA repository.
</p>

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