jarshwah

# Note that the "smeatonj" below is the user that installed postgres with homebrew

# first, the "default" database:

$ createuser -U smeatonj djangotest -P
Enter password for new role:
Enter it again:

$ createdb djangotest
$ psql -U smeatonj -d djangotest

jarshwah

# assuming python and pip are already installed 
# installing the instantclient is usually where problems happen

# download the following files from oracle
#
#    oracle-instantclient11.2-basic-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm
#    oracle-instantclient11.2-devel-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm
#    oracle-instantclient11.2-sqlplus-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm

# install the rpms