\index[general]{Requirements!System }
\begin{bsysitemize}
-\item {\bf Bacula} has been compiled and run on OpenSuSE Linux, FreeBSD, and
- Solaris systems.
+\item {\bf Bacula} has been compiled and runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX,
+ Solaris, and many other Linux/Unix systems.
\item It requires GNU C++ version 2.95 or higher to compile. You can try with
other compilers and older versions, but you are on your own. We have
successfully compiled and used Bacula using GNU C++ version 4.1.3.
\item PostgreSQL 7.4
\end{bsysitemize}
-\item If you want to build the Win32 binaries, please see the
- README.mingw32 file in the src/win32 directory. We cross-compile the
- Win32 release on Linux. We provide documentation on building the Win32
- version, but due to the complexity, you are pretty much on your own
- if you want to build it yourself.
+\item If you want a File daemon for Windows, we recommend that
+ you consult the site: http://www.baculasystems.com, where
+ the binaries are available at a very modest cost. If you are
+ a Bacula Systems customer, the Windows binaries are included with
+ your basic subscription.
\item {\bf Bacula} requires a good implementation of pthreads to work. This
is not the case on some of the BSD systems.
\item The source code has been written with portability in mind and is mostly
\label{SupportedOSes}
\index[general]{Systems!Supported Operating }
\index[general]{Supported Operating Systems }
+This section applies to the community version only. If you
+are a Bacula Systems customer, binaries are available for
+all supported systems. Please see http://www.baculasystems.com
+for the current list.
+
+\smallskip
\begin{bsysitemize}
\item[X] Fully supported
\LTXtable{\linewidth}{table_supportedoses}
\section*{Important notes}
-
\begin{bsysitemize}
\item By GNU/Linux, we mean 32/64bit Gentoo, Red Hat, Fedora, Mandriva,
Debian, OpenSuSE, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, \dots
please see some {\bf important} considerations in the
\bsysxrlink{Tape Modes on FreeBSD}{FreeBSDTapes}{problems}{section} of \problemsman{}.
-\item MS Windows Director and Storage daemon are available
- in the binary Client installer
-
\item For MacOSX see \elink{http://fink.sourceforge.net/ for obtaining the packages}{http://fink.sourceforge.net/}
\end{bsysitemize}