Postgresql and SuSE7.0 question about $PATH

Hi: Anyone using postgresql on SuSE7.0? Can you clear up some confusion here? I am following the PostgreSQL 7.1 Documentation for install, and it recommends that $PATH be set to /usr/local/pgsql/bin. Looks like SuSE changed that to /usr/bin, along with some other changes, like /usr/local/pgsql/data is actually /var/lib/pgsql/data [I guess]. Any help appreciated. The documentation for PostgreSQL 7.1 is at: http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/installation .html. How about it, SuSE support? What gives? Any help for this humble newbie? Thanks, Tom