PostreSQL

If builds of PostgreSQL 9 are failing and you have version 8.x installed, you may need to remove the previous version first. See: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/issue/2510

To build plpython against a specific Python, set PYTHON prior to brewing:

PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python brew install postgresql

See: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-procedure.html

If this is your first install, create a database with:

initdb /usr/local/var/postgres

If this is your first install, automatically load on login with:

cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.2/org.postgresql.postgres.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist

If this is an upgrade and you already have the org.postgresql.postgres.plist loaded:

launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist cp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.0.2/org.postgresql.postgres.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist

Or start manually with:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start

And stop with:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast

If you want to install the postgres gem, including ARCHFLAGS is recommended:

env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install pg

To install gems without sudo, see the Homebrew wiki.

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