postgresql-server ================= NB all the postgresql components are installed in '/usr/local/postgresql'. For convenience you may want to edit '/etc/profile' and add '/usr/local/postgresql/bin' to the PATH. Quick start instructions 1) create a new user to handle the database, in this example the user will be 'postgres' and its home directory will be '/mnt/hd/store/postgres'. Make sure there is enough free space in that partition to store your data. adduser -D -h /mnt/hd/store/postgres postgres 2) login as the newly created user su - postgres 3) create a directory for your database mkdir data 4) tell postgresql to create your database cluster initdb -D ~/data/ 5) to start postgresql server pg_ctl -D /mnt/hd/store/postgres/data -l /dev/null start 6) to stop postgresql server pg_ctl -D /mnt/hd/store/postgres/data stop 7) read manual for full details http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/index.html