Re: Getting PostgreSQL server to run on Lion

Axel Luttgens <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:27:20 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.macosx.admin
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Le 22 mars 2012 à 10:59, Aaron Burghardt a écrit :

> Apple shipped the PostgreSQL client libraries and related files in Lion. If you install Server, you will get the postgres backend, too. I have been able to get it running on Lion client by copying the postgres server and one or two other files to client. If you want details, let me know.
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> Aaron
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> On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Yeah, I saw that... It basically says to give up and install your own PostgreSQL. Surely Apple isn't so retarded as to deliver a crippled PostgreSQL installation, forcing you to install your own! 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!
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Hmmm,

/usr/bin/postgres_real *is* the server binary, and it comes with a Lion client OS.
When running it with --version, I get here:

	postgres (PostgreSQL) 9.0.5


HTH,
Axel