Re: Just switched to Mac - Postgres.app or Homebrew or some other distribution?

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On Sunday, October 16th, 2022 at 21:04, Alex Theodossis <alex@dossi.info> wrote:

>

>

> Hi,
>

> Not sure why you want to run the database from a mac? Just being curious
>

> Much better running from a server? You can get a cloud server with your
> choice of OS (I suggest Fedora or Arch) from linode for $20/month to do
> your testing? It comes with 80GB data storage. If your data needs are
> substantial and on prem server with zfs (again arch as the base system)
> will be more suitable.
>

> Macs are great (I have been a user for decades), but they 'cripple'
> Unix, so you don't get the full advantage.
>

> Alex Theodossis
> alex@dossi.info
>

> On 10/16/22 13:39, Gerald Cheves wrote:
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> > On 10/16/2022 12:23 PM, Simon Connah wrote:
> >

> > > I've been playing around with Postgres.app, and while it works well,
> > > it does hide some of the server-side stuff and configuration.
> > >

> > > What is the best way to run PostgreSQL on the Mac that mirrors the
> > > Linux workflow? I'm not doing anything too complex.
> > >

> > > Thank you.
> >

> > I used a download from Enterprisedb. Make sure you add the location of
> > the installation to the PATH because Macs come with a partial
> > installation of Postgres pre-installed and you want your installation
> > to be in the path so your shell commands and front-end commands (e.g.,
> > psql, pgAdmin, LibreOffice, etc.) will work properly.
> >

> > - G

Hi,

I'm just doing basic web development. I could use Linode (they already host a couple of blogs for me), but since I'm
stillplaying around with PostgreSQL, I'd rather just do it on my Mac for the time being.