On Feb 6, 5:35 pm, ttho...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Trula Thomas") wrote: > Hello, RPM based install how do I start, please help. If you've already got it installed, then either use the distribution specific tool for starting / stopping server OR find the postgresql script in /etc/init.d and run it with "start" as a parameter. If you haven't already got it installed, then I'd suggest switching to one of the .deb based distributions since they use the far superior postgresql-common package. It won't make much of a difference to you now, but when you need to upgrade PostgreSQL, or run multiple back- ends or any of a number of more complicated tasks, it'll make a huge difference in usability. Andrew