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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:29:07 -0700
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
Subject: INSTALL file nits
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I just grabbed a copy of PostgreSQL from

   http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/postgresql.html

and installed it on my Mac OS X (Tiger; 10.4.2) machine.  I followed the
"Short Version" in the INSTALL file until I ran into problems, then did
some workarounds, as discussed below.  Perhaps this file should be made
a bit more explicit or an INSTALL.OSX file could be generated...

./configure
	No reported problems.

gmake
	No such command, but I ran "make --version" and saw that it
	was GNU Make, so I used it.  No reported problems.

su
	This command requires a root password, which does not exist.
         OSX uses "sudo -s" for this sort of thing.

gmake install
	Used make; no reported problems.

adduser postgres
	No such command.  I considered using System Preferences > Accounts
	to add a user, but this seemed like a rather bogus approach, as it
	would put a user in the Login dialog (unlike lp, postfix, ...).  I
	found a (slightly dated) note from Apple, however, that suggested
         just this approach, so I gave it a try.

	  http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/postgres.html

mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
	No reported problems.

su - postgres
	No reported problems (when run under sudo).

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
	No reported problems, but the last command left me at a prompt
	with no particular instructions as to what I should do next.

-r
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