Mike angelo <[email protected]> wrote: 
> In looking at SuSE's download site, I see two available RPMs:
> postgresql and postgresql-server. It may be a novice question, but
> thn I am a Postgres novice. What exactly is the difference?
 
You don't say what flavor of SuSE, but on:
 
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL = 2
 
Searching in yast I see the attached.  Notice the description.
 
Of course, SuSE tends to lag so far behind that I always build from
source for the release I want.
 
-Kevin
postgresql             8.1.17  Basic Clients and Utilities for PostgreSQL
postgresql-contrib     8.1.17  Contributed Extensions and Additions to 
PostgreSQL
postgresql-devel       8.1.17  PostgreSQL development header files and libraries
postgresql-docs        8.1.17  HTML Documentation for PostgreSQL
postgresql-jdbc        8.1     JDBC Drivers for PostgreSQL
postgresql-libs        8.1.17  Shared Libraries Required for PostgreSQL Clients
postgresql-libs-32bit  8.1.17  Shared Libraries Required for PostgreSQL Clients
postgresql-pl          8.1.11  The PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, and PL/Python Procedural 
Languages for PostgreSQL
postgresql-server      8.1.17  The Programs Needed to Create and Run a 
PostgreSQL Server
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