install PostgreSQL 9 in Mac OSX via Homebrew

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install PostgreSQL 9 in Mac OSX via Homebrew


Mac OS X Snow Leopard
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.5
Kernel Version: Darwin 10.5.0


Install notes for PostgreSQL 9.0.1 install using Homebrew:
	sh-3.2# brew install postgresql
	sh-3.2# brew install postgresql
	Warning: It appears you have MacPorts or Fink installed.
	Software installed with MacPorts and Fink are known to cause problems.
	If you experience issues try uninstalling these tools.
	==> Downloading ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/uuid-1.6.2.tar.gz
	######################################################################## 100.0%
	==> ./configure --disable-debug --without-perl --without-php --without-pgsql --p
	==> make
	==> make install
	/usr/local/Cellar/ossp-uuid/1.6.2: 11 files, 364K, built in 17 seconds
	==> Downloading http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/source/v9.0
	######################################################################## 100.0%
	==> ./configure --disable-debug --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1 --enable-thread
	==> make install
	==> cd contrib/adminpack; make install
	==> cd contrib/dblink; make install
	==> cd contrib/fuzzystrmatch; make install
	==> cd contrib/lo; make install
	==> cd contrib/uuid-ossp; make install
	==> cd contrib/pg_buffercache; make install
	==> cd contrib/pg_trgm; make install
	==> cd contrib/pgcrypto; make install
	==> cd contrib/tsearch2; make install
	==> cd contrib/vacuumlo; make install
	==> cd contrib/xml2; make install
	==> cd contrib/intarray; make install
	==> cd contrib/pg_upgrade; make install
	==> cd contrib/pg_upgrade_support; make install
	==> cd contrib/hstore; make install
	==> Caveats
	If builds of Postgresl 9 are failing and you have version 8.x installed,
	you may need to remove the previous version first. See:
	  https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/issue/2510

	To build plpython against a specific Python, set PYTHON prior to brewing:
	  PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python  brew install postgresql
	See:
	  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-procedure.html


	If this is your first install, create a database with:
	    initdb /usr/local/var/postgres

	If this is your first install, automatically load on login with:
	    cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1/org.postgresql.postgres.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
	    launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist

	If this is an upgrade and you already have the org.postgresql.postgres.plist loaded:
	    launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist
	    cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1/org.postgresql.postgres.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
	    launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist

	Or start manually with:
	    pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start

	And stop with:
	    pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast

	If you want to install the postgres gem, including ARCHFLAGS is recommended:
	    env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install pg

	To install gems without sudo, see the Homebrew wiki.
	==> Summary
	/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1: 1219 files, 20M, built in 3.4 minutes
	sh-3.2# exit
	
Init Database:
	Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
	The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "eric".
	This user must also own the server process.

	The database cluster will be initialized with locale en_US.UTF-8.
	The default database encoding has accordingly been set to UTF8.
	The default text search configuration will be set to "english".

	creating directory /usr/local/var/postgres ... ok
	creating subdirectories ... ok
	selecting default max_connections ... 20
	selecting default shared_buffers ... 2400kB
	creating configuration files ... ok
	creating template1 database in /usr/local/var/postgres/base/1 ... ok
	initializing pg_authid ... ok
	initializing dependencies ... ok
	creating system views ... ok
	loading system objects' descriptions ... ok
	creating conversions ... ok
	creating dictionaries ... ok
	setting privileges on built-in objects ... ok
	creating information schema ... ok
	loading PL/pgSQL server-side language ... ok
	vacuuming database template1 ... ok
	copying template1 to template0 ... ok
	copying template1 to postgres ... ok

	WARNING: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections
	You can change this by editing pg_hba.conf or using the -A option the
	next time you run initdb.

	Success. You can now start the database server using:

	    postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres
	or
	    pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l logfile start
	
Run Database:
	Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start &
	
Create a Database:
	Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ createdb mydb
	
Open the mydb database and do some test:
	Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ psql mydb
	psql (9.0.1)
	Type "help" for help.

	mydb=# create table users(id serial, name varchar(25));
	NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "users_id_seq" for serial column "users.id"
	CREATE TABLE
	mydb=# insert into users(name) values('eric');
	INSERT 0 1
	mydb=# insert into users(name) values('lxneng');
	INSERT 0 1
	mydb=# select * from users;
	 id |    name     
	----+-------------
	  1 | eric
	  2 | lxneng
	mydb=# \q

Also worth noting. Depending upon which versions of Postgresql you've had on your machine, sometimes you may need to clear out the old /usr/local/var/postgres folder. Running postgresql via launchtcl can sometimes fail silently if there is an old db folder from a different version.

# remove old database files (this is dangerous)
$rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres

# install the binary
$ brew install postgresql

# init it
$ initdb /usr/local/var/postgres

# start the postgres server
$ postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres

# create your database
$ createdb mydb

How to stop the server?

@bansalgagan pg_ctl stop

can pass mode as -m i[mmediate] -f[ast]

pg_ctl expects PGDATA env var to be set or you can pass the data directory via the -D param. You can find by your data dir by running SHOW data_directory; against the db via psql or your ui of choice.

for more info pg_ctl --help

Very useful guide, thank you!
How do I setup a user and password?

# Create user with password
createuser -P my_user_name

# Grant rights for just created user to database
psql my_db_name

# after connecting
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database my_db_name TO my_user_name;

Very helpful. Thank you!

Thanks a lot!

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