Thank you so much, Adrian! You are most helpful. :-)
I was up at 2 a.m. worrying about my project (just 2 weeks to complete),
and by 10 a.m., after installing/uninstalling several times, started
questioning everything.
I needed a calm voice like yours to tell me that I might be weird, but not
completely insane.
Thank you,
Diana
> On 03/07/2015 09:52 AM, dpopova@uvic.ca wrote:
>> Adrian,
>>
>> I again wiped out everything postgres from my machine (Mac 10.10.2,
>> Yosemite). Now, if I want to start installing postgres 9.3 anew, what is
>> the best way to go for it?
>
> Aah, you anticipated the post I just sent.
>
>> I found PostgresApp, that promises the easiest way to start using
>> postgres. Does it mean that if I install this PostgresApp for 9.3 (click
>> on the link), it will install and run postgres 9.3?
>
> Yes:
>
> http://postgresapp.com/documentation/install.html
>
> "To install Postgres.app, just drag it to your Applications folder and
> double click.
>
> On first launch, Postgres will initialise a new database cluster and
> create a database for your username. A few moments after launching, you
> should be able to click on "Open psql" to connect to the database.
>
> If you'd like to use the command line tools delivered with Postgres.app,
> see the section on Command Line Tools."
>
>> Or I must first install postgres 9.3 by other means and only after that
>> I
>> can use PostgresApp for an easier access to postgres?
>
> No.
>>
>> Confused,
>>
>> Diana
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>
