Installing Postgres on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

installing-postgres-on-yosemite.md

brew update
brew install postgresql

Yosemite appears to delete folders that postgres needs.

mkdir -p /usr/local/var/postgres/{pg_tblspc,pg_twophase,pg_stat_tmp}/
touch /usr/local/var/postgres/{pg_tblspc,pg_twophase,pg_stat_tmp}/.keep

If you have trouble starting postgres, try setting it up first.

rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres/*
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8
createuser --interactive postgres