>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Tom> What you can do if you want to build PG from source is build normally Tom> but only install the client programs. The Fine Manual recommends Tom> gmake -C src/bin install Tom> gmake -C src/include install Tom> gmake -C src/interfaces install Tom> gmake -C doc install Tom> instead of the usual "gmake install". The Randal Notebook recommends: fink install postgresql :-) Then you get automatic startup on boot, usernames added, etc. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!