Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:55:00 +0000
To: Alex Theodossis <alex@dossi.info>
From: Simon Connah <simon.n.connah@protonmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Just switched to Mac - Postgres.app or Homebrew or some other
 distribution?
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------- Original Message -------
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:
> =


> > 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 hos=
t a couple of blogs for me), but since I'm still playing around with Postg=
reSQL, I'd rather just do it on my Mac for the time being.
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