postgres_install.md

How to install Postgres

Directions

Install Postgres:

$ brew install postgresql

Install Homebrew Services:

$ brew tap homebrew/services

Start Postgres as a service:

$ brew services start postgres

Bootstrap a database:

$ createdb

Verify that Postgres is running:

$ psql

If it worked, you'll see something like this:

psql (9.5.3)
Type "help" for help.

dannyfritz=#

Quit out of psql with \q:

psql (9.5.3)
Type "help" for help.

dannyfritz=# \q
$

Finished! 🎉

Congratulations! Now Postgres will start automatically on login!

Bonus

See a list of all services running with:

$ brew services list

Stop Postgres from running with:

$ brew services stop postgres

Well comprised; easy to use!