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From: Anthony DeBarros <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Can't install Postgres version 18
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:45:11 -0500
Message-ID: <CACJO+65iWZ1JKuerjPM55+rRbOcpdgAQg6V4SfgVjmVP7Mu3DA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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 Hello,

On Jun 14, 2026 at 6:12:52 AM, Jan Karremans <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would simply recommend not to run Postgres on Windows. You are mixing
> two distinctly different approaches to IT-systems. In that sense Linux is
> so much more akin to the world Postgres lives in.
>
> Cheers,
> Jan
>
>
>
Absolutely true. However, it’s good that EDB has provided a Windows
installer for PostgreSQL because nearly 2/3 of personal computer users run
Windows, and many, many people who are setting out to learn database
programming run on it.

That said, I have two observations, both related to experiences as author
of a book about learning SQL:


   1. I have installed and uninstalled PostgreSQL and pgAdmin on Windows
   dozens of times and had no issues at all as long as I used the official
   installer/uninstaller. However, the uninstaller does not completely remove
   all traces of the application, so for a fully clean uninstall you must
   remove registry entries, delete left-behind application directories, etc.

   2. Using PostgreSQL under Windows is far more complicated than running
   it on macOS, where you can install PostgresApp and get up and running in
   just minutes with very little to fiddle with. And that app is getting
   better all the time with support for Postgres extensions. I steer everyone
   towards Macs these days.


Cheers,

Anthony DeBarros

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