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PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL,or Postgres, is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) with an emphasis on extensibility and on standards-compliance.
Installing
Postgres is currently available from slackbuilds.org and can be installed via that.
PHP / Apache Support
The official PHP Slackware package currently does not ship with Postgres support. To enable it the source and SlackBuild script for the PHP package should be downloaded from a Slackware mirror and the following configure options should be added to php.SlackBuild before building:
--with-pdo-pgsql=shared --with-pgsql=shared
Alternative method
php-pgsql could be installed via SBo
After installing the required modules can be enabled via php.ini
