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Installing PostgreSQL on Mac OS X Lion
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| Postgres manual located here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/index.html | |
| These instructions should work for Postgres 8 and 9 | |
| 1. INSTALL | |
| $ cd ~/source | |
| $ ftp http://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v8.4.11/postgresql-8.4.11.tar.gz | |
| $ tar -zxvf postgresql-8.4.11.tar.gz | |
| $ rm -r postgresql-8.4.11.tar.gz | |
| $ cd postgresql-8.4.11 | |
| $ ./configure | |
| $ make | |
| $ sudo make install | |
| $ make clean | |
| $ echo "export PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.profile | |
| $ source ~/.profile | |
| $ psql —version | |
| 2. INITIALIZE A DATABASE CLUSTER | |
| $ sudo chown -R trevorsheridan:admin /usr/local/pgsql | |
| $ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data | |
| 3. CREATE A LAUNCH DAEMON | |
| Move the org.postgres.postgresd.plist file into /Library/LaunchDaemons | |
| $ sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postgresql.postgresqld.plist | |
| 4. CREATE A SUPER USER (optional) | |
| $ createuser trevorsheridan (set the SUPERUSER options to yes) | |
| $ psql -d postgres -U trevorsheridan | |
| postgres=# CREATE DATABASE trevorsheridan OWNER trevorsheridan; | |
| poostgrs=# \q | |
| 5. SUCCESS! | |
| If all goes well you should be able to login to Postgres by executing the command: | |
| $ psql | |
| Some quick commands to verify Postgres is working: | |
| postgres=# \l [Enter] // List all databases | |
| postgres=# \q [Enter] // Quit Postgres | |
| 6. ADDING A ROLE FOR RAILS | |
| postgres=# CREATE USER someone WITH CREATEDB; | |
| postgres=# \q | |
| 7. A NOTE ABOUT THE PG RUBY GEM | |
| If you've installed Postgres AFTER you've installed the "pg" gem (via gem install or bundle install), you need to uninstall the PG gem and reinstall: | |
| $ gem uninstall pg | |
| $ bundle install | |
| 8. ALTERNATE WAYS TO START THE SERVER | |
| This should never need to be used. If you've installed the launchd config, use that instead. | |
| Start the server using the cluster located at /usr/local/pgsql/data | |
| $ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data/ start | |
| or | |
| $ postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data | |
| Stop the server | |
| $ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data/ stop | |
| 9. WITH POSTGRES USER | |
| If you've followed other instructions and manually created a postgres system user. You may need to | |
| prepend the following to your commands: sudo -u postgres |
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