Thread: installing on mac air development machine
we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running latest osx in the instructions it shows several methods: 1) enterprisedb (but this does not look open source ?) 2) fink 3) macports 4) source etc what do most use ? thks ps: is there a mac build for 9.4 beta 3 yet ? we would use that if available and not too hard to install
On 14/10/03 7:50, john.tiger wrote: > we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running latest osx > > in the instructions it shows several methods: > 1) enterprisedb (but this does not look open source ?) > > 2) fink > 3) macports > 4) source > etc > > what do most use ? thks There are three main package management systems for OS X - Fink, MacPorts and Homebrew. Most people swear by one and swear at the others. If you want a more Linux-like package management experience, one of these will be the way to go; if you just need PostgreSQL up and running, one of the binary application installers may be easier to manage. There's a useful overview of options here in case you haven't already seen it: http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/ Personally I build from source for development work and Macports for general package management. > ps: is there a mac build for 9.4 beta 3 yet ? we would use that if available > and not too hard to install beta3 has not yet been released (October 9th is the scheduled date). Regards Ian Barwick -- Ian Barwick http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services
The GUI installer for Mac OS X downloaded from postgresql.org works fine.
~ john
On Oct 2, 2014, at 3:50 PM, john.tiger <john.tigernassau@gmail.com> wrote:
> we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running latest osx
>
> in the instructions it shows several methods:
> 1) enterprisedb (but this does not look open source ?)
> 2) fink
> 3) macports
> 4) source
> etc
>
> what do most use ? thks
>
> ps: is there a mac build for 9.4 beta 3 yet ? we would use that if available and not too hard to install
>
>
>
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On Oct 2, 2014, at 7:30 PM, john gale wrote: > The GUI installer for Mac OS X downloaded from postgresql.org works fine. Unless you NEED to use the source/etc version, use the GUI installer. Unless you are already on a system where installing from Fink/Macports/Source is commonplace... you're going to spend moretime installing and configuring the environment than you will using the application.
On 10/02/2014 03:50 PM, john.tiger wrote: > we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running > latest osx > > in the instructions it shows several methods: > 1) enterprisedb (but this does not look open source ?) It is just the community version of Postgres behind a graphical installer, so yes it is open source. -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
On 10/2/2014 4:37 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 10/02/2014 03:50 PM, john.tiger wrote: >> we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running >> latest osx >> >> in the instructions it shows several methods: >> 1) enterprisedb (but this does not look open source ?) > > It is just the community version of Postgres behind a graphical > installer, so yes it is open source. postgres is of course open source. the enterprisedb installer I'm less sure of, but its free to use. if you just need postgres running while you're doing software development, the postgresql.app version may be the simplest to use. you run it on the desktop and postgres is running. close it and its not. your user id owns the pgdata and the process, so you don't have to jump through sudo hoops to edit the config files. http://postgresapp.com/ (Caveat: I don't own a mac) -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:04 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote: > On 10/2/2014 4:37 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >> On 10/02/2014 03:50 PM, john.tiger wrote: >>> we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running >>> latest osx >>> >>> in the instructions it shows several methods: >>> 1) enterprisedb (but this does not look open source ?) >> >> It is just the community version of Postgres behind a graphical installer, so yes it is open source. > > postgres is of course open source. the enterprisedb installer I'm less sure of, but its free to use. > > if you just need postgres running while you're doing software development, the postgresql.app version may be the simplestto use. you run it on the desktop and postgres is running. close it and its not. your user id owns the pgdataand the process, so you don't have to jump through sudo hoops to edit the config files. > > http://postgresapp.com/ > > (Caveat: I don't own a mac) I do, and use postgres.app to develop against - and you're right. postgres.app is a trivial install, and it works beautifullyfor development using postgresql. It isn't really a desktop app, it's a tiny GUI controller that lives in yourmenu bar and controls a fairly standard postgresql installation under the covers. It can start up and shut down as youlog in and log out, or you can start and stop it manually. Cheers, Steve
The GUI installer for Mac OS X downloaded from postgresql.org works fine.
~ john
On Oct 2, 2014, at 3:50 PM, john.tiger <john.tigernassau@gmail.com> wrote:
> we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running latest osx
>
> in the instructions it shows several methods:
> 1) enterprisedb (but this does not look open source ?)
> 2) fink
> 3) macports
> 4) source
> etc
>
> what do most use ? thks
>
> ps: is there a mac build for 9.4 beta 3 yet ? we would use that if available and not too hard to install
>
>
>
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