Thread: Mac OS X

On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 10:10 -0700, Nathan Leon Pace, MD, MStat wrote:
> I run an older version of psql (7.2.4) on a Linux machine.
>
>
> I wish to migrate psql to an Intel Mac running OS x 10.4.8.
>
>
> The supported platforms table in postgresql-8.1-US.pdf (page 259)
> lists Mac OS X with a PPC cpu as being supported, but not Mac OS X
> with a Intel cpu.
>
>
> Can psql run on an Intel Mac?

Yes, absolutely. It is just that 8.1 came out before the Intel Macs. It
will perform wonderfully on a Intel Mac.

Joshua D. Drake

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On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:10 AM, Nathan Leon Pace, MD, MStat wrote:

> I run an older version of psql (7.2.4) on a Linux machine.
>
> I wish to migrate psql to an Intel Mac running OS x 10.4.8.
>
> The supported platforms table in postgresql-8.1-US.pdf (page 259)
> lists Mac OS X with a PPC cpu as being supported, but not Mac OS X
> with a Intel cpu.
>
> Can psql run on an Intel Mac?

It's running fine on this one. No problems building from
source.

There are several people providing prebuilt universal
binary packages for OS X.

http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/postgresql/
is one.

Cheers,
   Steve