Re: Getting PostgreSQL server to run on Lion

Charles Dyer <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:54:56 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.macosx.admin
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On 20 Mar 2012, at 13:00 , Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yeah, I saw that... It basically says to give up and install your own PostgreSQL.

Yes.

> Surely Apple isn't so retarded as to deliver a crippled PostgreSQL installation, forcing you to install your own!

Wanna bet?

> I've googled this till my fingertips bled but haven't found how to enable what's been delivered with the system. Surely there's a way!

Let me know if you find one.

> 
> 
> On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:55 AM, LuKreme wrote:
> 
>> http://od-eon.com/blogs/calvin/os-x-lion-postgresql/
>> 
>> -- 
>> Siri says this is a signature.
>> 
>> On Mar 20, 2012, at 10:36, Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I just upgraded a OSX 10.6.8 system to Lion 10.7.3. Supposedly Lion comes with PostgreSQL 9.1.1 preinstalled. How do you enable/activate/launch it? There are no postgres processes running on the system.
>>> 
>>> $ psql -d postgres -U postgres
>>> psql: could not connect to server: Permission denied
>>>      Is the server running locally and accepting
>>>      connections on Unix domain socket "/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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