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Installing a PostgreSQL Server under NetBSD is pretty easy. The recommended way is to install the prebuilt postgresql binaries. The PostgreSQL Server depends on the postgreSQL Client. 
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#   Setting PKG_PATH 

Setting PKG_PATH enables us to easily download and install packages and it's dependencies. 
    
    # export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp4.de.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/3.0/i386/All
    

or if you are using csh: 
    
    # setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp4.de.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/3.0/i386/All
    

You should keep this in your .profile, .bash_profile, if you mainly using binaries. 

#   Installing the PostgreSQL Server 
    
    # pkg_add -v postgresql80-server-8.0.4.tgz
    

This will install the postgresql client and the server and any missing dependency (readline, perl) and will add the user **pgsql** to your user database. 

That's it. Almost. 

#   Configuring the Server 

Please copy the pgsql example script to /etc/rc.d/ 
    
    # cp /usr/pkg/share/examples/rc.d/pgsql /etc/rc.d
    

If you want to keep the databse cluster other place than the default location, just change the user **pgsql'**s home directory, before proceeding to the initialisation: 
    
    # usermode -d /var/db/pgsql pgsql
    

This directory must be owned by pgsql:pgsql. 

and then 

#   Starting the Server 

If you want to initialise the database with a local other than "C", for example with unicode, invoke this before starting postgresql for the first time: 
    
    # /etc/rc.d/pgsql initdb -E unicode
    

please start the server entering: 
    
    # /etc/rc.d/pgsql start
    

This will create all necessary initial databases on the first start. 

#   Start on every boot 

To start the server on every boot add 
    
    pgsql=yes
    

to your /etc/rc.conf 

#   Creating an example Database 

To create a database switch to the user pgsql 
    
    # su pgsql
    

and create the database 
    
    $ createdb testdb
    $ exit
    

#   Using the Database 

Postgres provides a Tool to manage the Database called **psql**. 
    
    
    # psql -U pgsql testdb
    Welcome to psql 8.0.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
    
    Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
           \h for help with SQL commands
           \? for help with psql commands
           \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
           \q to quit
    
    testdb=#
    

#   PHP and PostgreSQL 

You may wish to install the postgres Module for PHP 
    
    # pkg_add -v php-pgsql-4.4.1.tgz
    

Have fun. 

#   Additional Information 

  * [pkg_add(1)](http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?pkg_add+1+NetBSD-current) Manpage 
  * [su(1)](http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?su+1+NetBSD-current) Manpage