Re: installing on mac air development machine

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
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