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The raw portfile for postgresql81-server 8.1.13 is located here:
http://postgresql81-server.darwinports.com/dports/databases/postgresql81-server/Portfile
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# $Id: Portfile 37597 2008-06-15 10:36:19Z mww macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: postgresql81-server
Version: 8.1.13
Category: databases
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: mww jwa
Description: run postgresql81 as server
Long Description: ${description}

Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
master_sites postgresql

depends_run port:postgresql81

fetch {}
checksum {}
extract {}
configure {}
build {}

set libdir ${prefix}/lib/postgresql81
set dbdir ${prefix}/var/db/postgresql81/defaultdb
set logdir ${prefix}/var/log/postgresql81
set dbuser postgres81
set dbgrp postgres

startupitem.create yes
startupitem.init "PGCTL=${libdir}/bin/pg_ctl"
startupitem.start "su ${dbuser} -c \"\${PGCTL} -D \${POSTGRESQL81DATA:=${dbdir}} start -l ${logdir}/postgres.log\""
startupitem.stop "su ${dbuser} -c \"\${PGCTL} -D \${POSTGRESQL81DATA:=${dbdir}} stop -s -m fast\""

destroot {
addgroup ${dbgrp}
set gid [existsgroup ${dbgrp}]
adduser ${dbuser} shell=/bin/sh gid=${gid} home=${prefix}/var/db/postgresql81 realname=PostgreSQL-81\ Server
xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${logdir}
system "touch ${destroot}${logdir}/postgres.log"
system "chown ${dbuser}:${dbgrp} ${destroot}${logdir}/postgres.log"
}

post-install {
ui_msg "\nTo create a database instance, after install do\n sudo mkdir -p ${dbdir}\n sudo chown ${dbuser}:${dbgrp} ${dbdir}\n sudo su ${dbuser} -c \'${libdir}/bin/initdb -D ${dbdir}\'"
ui_msg "\nTo tweak your DBMS, consider increasing kern.sysv.shmmax by adding an increased kern.sysv.shmmax .. to /etc/sysctl.conf"
}

livecheck.check regex
livecheck.url ${homepage}
livecheck.regex v(8.1.\[0-9\]+)

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/postgresql81-server
%  sudo port install postgresql81-server  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching postgresql81-server
--->  Verifying checksum for postgresql81-server
--->  Extracting postgresql81-server
--->  Configuring postgresql81-server
--->  Building postgresql81-server with target all

--->  Staging postgresql81-server into destroot

--->  Installing postgresql81-server

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using postgresql81-server with these commands:

%  man postgresql81-server
%  apropos postgresql81-server
%  which postgresql81-server
%  locate postgresql81-server

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