[ppa-help] [Open Discussion] Can't seem to get past this install problem.

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The following forum message was posted by vapnjeff at http://sourceforge.net/projects/phppgadmin/forums/forum/115883/topic/4733660:

Okay... I'm using an old G4 mac that I got my hands on so it's PPC and running
Mac OS X 10.4.11  If you're familiar with this you'll know that the stock Apache
(1.3) and PHP (4.?) will not run phppgadmin.  The main problem best I can tell
is that I needed PHP 5.

I installed Macports and I was able to get things upgraded to Apache 2 and PHP
5.3.8.  I placed the phppgadmin folder in the root directory I'm using for the
new apache 2 server...... and I can see it.... but when I go to localhost/phppgadmin
or even to localhost/phppgadmin/index.php I get this same error:

"Your PHP installation does not support PostgreSQL. You need to recompile PHP
using the --with-pgsql configure option."

Please bear in mind that I'm a freaking virgin when it comes to working in the
terminal.  I've farted around with as many of the settings as I could with the
php.ini and httpd.conf files but to no avail.  Can't seem to find a trick to
getting this working.

I now understand that using "make" and "make install" have something to do with
being able to recompile PHP or anything else for that matter.  I've also got
Xcode 2.5 installed but I don't have a clue where to start there either.

Does anyone know if there are a step by step instructions on how I can get pgsql
installed properly with PHP?  I've been searching and searching the net like
crazy and not having much luck.

I am pretty good in phpmyadmin but Xtuple, the open source ERP program I'm trying
to import data into doesn't work with mysql.... and God only knows why... the
default database admin.... PgAdmin III..... doesn't give you crap for being
able to look at an existing set of tables, let along import or export data beyond
just doing a backup.  It sucks really.

Anyway, if anyone feels the urge to take some pity on me and give me a little
direction so that I might finally be able to get phpPGadmin up and running....
I'd greatly appreciate your help.

Thank you,
Jeffrey