Installation - SuSE 9.0

Good Evening,
I'm trying to get Postgresql to work on my laptop. Using YaST I installed
the package. I examined the installation instructions, but could not make
any sense of them. I'm coming from a Windows background. Even so, I could
tell the instruction leave a lot to desire for a newbie. I started using
the kconsole, I begin in my directory (/home/me). I feel I am missing
something that every Linux user knows but a Windows user wouldn't, for
example, what is a super user? My main question is how do I get Postgresql
running. I want to learn it! Any help toward this goal shall be appreciated.

Thank you--Steve

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