I just grabbed a copy of PostgreSQL from
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/postgresql.html
and installed it on my Mac OS X (Tiger; 10.4.2) machine. I followed the
"Short Version" in the INSTALL file until I ran into problems, then did
some workarounds, as discussed below. Perhaps this file should be made
a bit more explicit or an INSTALL.OSX file could be generated...
./configure
No reported problems.
gmake
No such command, but I ran "make --version" and saw that it
was GNU Make, so I used it. No reported problems.
su
This command requires a root password, which does not exist.
OSX uses "sudo -s" for this sort of thing.
gmake install
Used make; no reported problems.
adduser postgres
No such command. I considered using System Preferences > Accounts
to add a user, but this seemed like a rather bogus approach, as it
would put a user in the Login dialog (unlike lp, postfix, ...). I
found a (slightly dated) note from Apple, however, that suggested
just this approach, so I gave it a try.
http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/postgres.html
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
No reported problems.
su - postgres
No reported problems (when run under sudo).
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
No reported problems, but the last command left me at a prompt
with no particular instructions as to what I should do next.
-r
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