These steps illustrate how to install the PostgreSQL software. You can build and install the PostgreSQL binaries in the default directory /usr/local/pgsql. Perform the following steps on both hosts.
phys-schost-1# su - postgres
phys-schost-1$ mkdir build phys-schost-1$ cd build
phys-schost-1$ PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/ccs/bin phys-schost-1$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/postgres/postgresql-8.3.1: \ /usr/sfw/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/opt/csw/lib phys-schost-1$ export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH
phys-schost-1$ gzcat /tmp/postgresql-8.3.1.tag.gz | tar xvf phys-schost-1$ cd /postgres/build/postgresql-8.3.1 phys-schost-1$ ./configure --prefix=/postgres/postgresql-8.3.1
phys-schost-1$ gmake
phys-schost-1$ gmake check
phys-schost-1$ gmake install
phys-schost-1$ cd contrib phys-schost-1$ gmake install phys-schost-1$ cd ..
phys-schost-1$ gmake clean