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To: Alex Theodossis <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Just switched to Mac - Postgres.app or Homebrew or some other distribution?
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:55:00 +0000
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On Sunday, October 16th, 2022 at 21:04, Alex Theodossis <[email protected]> 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
> [email protected]
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> 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
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 still playing around with PostgreSQL, I'd rather just do it on my Mac for the time being.
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