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install PostgreSQL 9 in Mac OSX via Homebrew
install PostgreSQL 9 in Mac OSX via Homebrew
Mac OS X Snow Leopard
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.5
Kernel Version: Darwin 10.5.0
Install notes for PostgreSQL 9.0.1 install using Homebrew:
sh-3.2# brew install postgresql
sh-3.2# brew install postgresql
Warning: It appears you have MacPorts or Fink installed.
Software installed with MacPorts and Fink are known to cause problems.
If you experience issues try uninstalling these tools.
==> Downloading ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/uuid-1.6.2.tar.gz
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==> ./configure --disable-debug --without-perl --without-php --without-pgsql --p
==> make
==> make install
/usr/local/Cellar/ossp-uuid/1.6.2: 11 files, 364K, built in 17 seconds
==> Downloading http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/source/v9.0
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==> ./configure --disable-debug --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1 --enable-thread
==> make install
==> cd contrib/adminpack; make install
==> cd contrib/dblink; make install
==> cd contrib/fuzzystrmatch; make install
==> cd contrib/lo; make install
==> cd contrib/uuid-ossp; make install
==> cd contrib/pg_buffercache; make install
==> cd contrib/pg_trgm; make install
==> cd contrib/pgcrypto; make install
==> cd contrib/tsearch2; make install
==> cd contrib/vacuumlo; make install
==> cd contrib/xml2; make install
==> cd contrib/intarray; make install
==> cd contrib/pg_upgrade; make install
==> cd contrib/pg_upgrade_support; make install
==> cd contrib/hstore; make install
==> Caveats
If builds of Postgresl 9 are failing and you have version 8.x installed,
you may need to remove the previous version first. See:
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/issue/2510
To build plpython against a specific Python, set PYTHON prior to brewing:
PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python brew install postgresql
See:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-procedure.html
If this is your first install, create a database with:
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
If this is your first install, automatically load on login with:
cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1/org.postgresql.postgres.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist
If this is an upgrade and you already have the org.postgresql.postgres.plist loaded:
launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist
cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1/org.postgresql.postgres.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist
Or start manually with:
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
And stop with:
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast
If you want to install the postgres gem, including ARCHFLAGS is recommended:
env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install pg
To install gems without sudo, see the Homebrew wiki.
==> Summary
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.1: 1219 files, 20M, built in 3.4 minutes
sh-3.2# exit
Init Database:
Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "eric".
This user must also own the server process.
The database cluster will be initialized with locale en_US.UTF-8.
The default database encoding has accordingly been set to UTF8.
The default text search configuration will be set to "english".
creating directory /usr/local/var/postgres ... ok
creating subdirectories ... ok
selecting default max_connections ... 20
selecting default shared_buffers ... 2400kB
creating configuration files ... ok
creating template1 database in /usr/local/var/postgres/base/1 ... ok
initializing pg_authid ... ok
initializing dependencies ... ok
creating system views ... ok
loading system objects' descriptions ... ok
creating conversions ... ok
creating dictionaries ... ok
setting privileges on built-in objects ... ok
creating information schema ... ok
loading PL/pgSQL server-side language ... ok
vacuuming database template1 ... ok
copying template1 to template0 ... ok
copying template1 to postgres ... ok
WARNING: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections
You can change this by editing pg_hba.conf or using the -A option the
next time you run initdb.
Success. You can now start the database server using:
postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres
or
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l logfile start
Run Database:
Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start &
Create a Database:
Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ createdb mydb
Open the mydb database and do some test:
Erics-MacBook:~ eric$ psql mydb
psql (9.0.1)
Type "help" for help.
mydb=# create table users(id serial, name varchar(25));
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "users_id_seq" for serial column "users.id"
CREATE TABLE
mydb=# insert into users(name) values('eric');
INSERT 0 1
mydb=# insert into users(name) values('lxneng');
INSERT 0 1
mydb=# select * from users;
id | name
----+-------------
1 | eric
2 | lxneng
mydb=# \q
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kiote commented May 15, 2016

# Create user with password
createuser -P my_user_name

# Grant rights for just created user to database
psql my_db_name

# after connecting
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database my_db_name TO my_user_name;

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kodero commented Nov 2, 2017

Very helpful. Thank you!

@sykp241095
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Thanks a lot!

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tikdove commented Jun 2, 2018

Great, it's very useful.

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