installing on mac air development machine

[john.tiger]

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

[Ian Barwick]

we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running latest osx
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

[john gale]

The GUI installer for Mac OS X downloaded from postgresql.org works fine.

~ john

we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running latest osx
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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[Jonathan Vanasco]

Post by john gale
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 more time installing and configuring the environment than you will using the application.

[Adrian Klaver]

Post by john.tiger
we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running
latest osx
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.

[John R Pierce]

Post by Adrian Klaver

Post by john.tiger
we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running
latest osx
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)
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[Steve Atkins]

Post by john.tiger
we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running
latest osx
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)

I do, and use postgres.app to develop against - and you're right. postgres.app is a trivial install, and it works beautifully for development using postgresql. It isn't really a desktop app, it's a tiny GUI controller that lives in your menu bar and controls a fairly standard postgresql installation under the covers. It can start up and shut down as you log in and log out, or you can start and stop it manually.

Cheers,
Steve

[john gale]

The GUI installer for Mac OS X downloaded from postgresql.org works fine.

~ john

we've always installed on linux so need help with a new mac air running latest osx
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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