Re: Where do I enter commands?

On 10/24/2015 07:20 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
> I'm on a Mac running OS X El Capitain. I think I installed PostgreSQL
> 9.5 after following the links to
> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#osx

Well the tutorial is geared to using the command line to run programs.

Are you comfortable with the command line or would you prefer to use a
GUI like pgAdmin?

>
> I just learned about phpPGAdmin and installed it as well. But when I
> navigate to localhost/phppgadmin, I get a "not found" error message.
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/24/2015 06:21 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>         I just installed PostgreSQL and started reading the tutorial @
>         http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/tutorial-createdb.html
>         and was
>         snowed at square one. To create a database, I'm supposed to type the
>         following command:
>
>         $  createdb mydb
>
>         But it doesn't say where I'm supposed to type it. When I click
>         on the
>         PostgreSQL icon in my taskbar, a program called pgAdminIII opens up.
>         I've clicked File, Edit, Plugins, etc., but I don't see any
>         clues about
>         where I'm supposed to type commands.
>
>
>     So lets backup up a bit:
>
>     1) What OS are you on?
>
>     2) How did you install Postgres?
>
>     3) What version of Postgres?
>     Hope it is not 8.0 implied by the doc link above.
>
>
>     --
>     Adrian Klaver
>     adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
>
>
>
>
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> David Blomstrom
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