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

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:
> 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
>