RT instalation error

I’m trying to install rt on suse 9 and I get this error.

linux:~/rt-3.4.4 # make initialize-database
/usr/bin/perl //opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database --action init --dba
postgres --prompt-for-dba-password
In order to create or update your RT database,this script needs to
connect to your Pg instance on localhost as postgres.
Please specify that user’s database password below. If the user has no
database
password, just press return.

Password:
DBI connect(‘dbname=template1;host=localhost’,‘postgres’,…) failed:
could not connect to server: àf@À%D
Is the server running on host “localhost” and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
at //opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database line 101
Failed to connect to dbi:Pg:dbname=template1;host=localhost as postgres:
could not connect to server: àf@À%D
Is the server running on host “localhost” and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
make: *** [initialize-database] Error 255

Can anyone tell me the version o mod_per and apache that rt is usinig
Thank you.