OK. So you've gotten quite a few answers on this, but I want to iterate what I've done to compile this module. I prefer not to set these environment variables in my .*rc or .*_profile files for the simple fact that once I'm done with this compile I won't be using them again.

With RH7.0 I assume you're using BASH, so you'd simply do the following at the command prompt: 
export POSTGRES_LIB="/usr/local/pgsql/lib/"
export POSTGRES_INCLUDE="/usr/local/pgsql/include/"

[download]
or whatever the correct path is. If you installed the RPM for pgsql-dev, then they might just be in /usr/lib and /usr/include somewhere.

If you really feel the need to include these in your .*rc or .*_profile files, you don't need to log out to activate the changes. Just execute the files. They're shell scripts, and the express purpose of a shell script is to be executed from a shell. Use either sh .bashrc or ./.bashrc depending on whether your .bashrc is set to be executable or (probably) not.

It doesn't matter what user you are when you run configure, make and test as long as you have write permissions to the folder the module source is in, but you need to be root to install the module in a system-wide-available fashion (recommended).

In reply to (ichimunki) Re: PostgreSQL/Perl by ichimunki
in thread PostgreSQL/Perl by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.