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This is a pretty simple process, but one that I thought I would document because I ran into a few gotchas along the way.
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I originally installed OS X using the one click installer from EnterpriseDB. Unfortunately, the installer hung while attempting to finish the installation process and they only thing to do was to roll back the install. I attempted to build from macports, but that proved to be a huge pain in my ass and reminded me a little bit too much of using Linux, so I scrapped that idea as well. I started browsing the EnterpriseDB installation notes and came across an unattended install. Since my installation failed trying to launch the final interactive stage of the installation, I said to myself “Self, I bet we should try this.”
cd /Volumes/PostgreSQL 8.4.2-1/
sudo ./postgresql-8.4.2-1-osx.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh
--mode unattended
source /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/pg_env.sh
touch ~/.profile
open /Applications/TextEdit.app .profile
createuser [YOUR NAME HERE] --pwprompt --username=postgres
There you have it: how to set up and install PostgreSQL on OS X. Fleetwood mac 7 wonders download. If you want to continue forward and install a Ruby library to interact with PostgreSQL, just typesudo gem install postgres-pr
to install the pure Ruby version PostgreSQL driver. If you want to install one of the C-based drivers, you’ll need to mess around with macports.
Note: EnterpriseDB make and distribute a binary version of PostgreSQL for a variety of platforms. In addition, they provide paid support and also offer a variety of enterprise features. They have in no way paid me for this post.
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