# PostgreSQL on Mac?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 24, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326 "2006-06-24T08:04:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/1 "2006-06-24T08:04:05Z")

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Is there something like MAMP, but uses PostgreSQL instead? I found a  
couple PostgreSQL dmg’s, but one was \< 8.x. For those who use PostgreSQL  
on Mac, how’d you install it (fink, package, please don’t say compile!)?

Thanks,  
Joe

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**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/2 "2006-06-24T08:15:27Z")

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On 24 Jun 2006, at 08:04, Joe R. wrote:

> Is there something like MAMP, but uses PostgreSQL instead? I found a  
> couple PostgreSQL dmg’s, but one was \< 8.x. For those who use  
> PostgreSQL  
> on Mac, how’d you install it (fink, package, please don’t say  
> compile!)?

Following the instructions at:

[http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/postgresql/](http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/postgresql/)

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/3 "2006-06-24T09:52:53Z")

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On Jun 24, 2006, at 15:04 , Joe R. wrote:

> Is there something like MAMP, but uses PostgreSQL instead? I found a  
> couple PostgreSQL dmg’s, but one was \< 8.x. For those who use  
> PostgreSQL  
> on Mac, how’d you install it (fink, package, please don’t say  
> compile!)?

There’s a PostgreSQL port available via Darwinports.

> **[The MacPorts Project -- Home](https://www.macports.org/)**
>
> The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use
> system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac
> OS X operating system.

Michael G.  
grzm seespotcode net

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**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/4 "2006-06-24T20:17:09Z")

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Thanks for the replies everybody. I also found PostgreSQLX:

[http://perso.orange.fr/bruno.gaufier/xhtml/prod\_postgresql.xhtml](http://perso.orange.fr/bruno.gaufier/xhtml/prod_postgresql.xhtml)

It’s just an app that you click to launch (yay), but it’s 7.x.

Joe

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/5 "2006-06-24T19:16:06Z")

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On Jun 24, 2006, at 1:04 AM, Joe R. wrote:

> Is there something like MAMP, but uses PostgreSQL instead? I found a  
> couple PostgreSQL dmg’s, but one was \< 8.x. For those who use  
> PostgreSQL  
> on Mac, how’d you install it (fink, package, please don’t say  
> compile!)?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Joe

Try this

[http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/05/29/install-ruby-rails-](http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/05/29/install-ruby-rails-)  
and-postgresql-on-osx

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**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/6 "2006-06-25T16:41:38Z")

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Joe,  
look at this: [Magic3ドキュメント](http://www.magic3.org/postgrex/) , it’s only japanese, I  
know…  
and I can’t understand a word… but looking at the screenshoots it  
seems  
like a nice frontend gui for Postgresql 8.1.4 for Mac OS X (PPC and  
Binary).

Let me know how it works if you have the courage I hadn’t to install it  
on a  
test machine!

## Ettore

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**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/7 "2006-06-25T16:47:57Z")

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You can also take a look at EnterpriseDB. It’s Postgres with  
extensions to make it handle Oracle PL/SQL better. Their main selling  
point is they’ve added ‘Oracle compatibility’ to PostgreSQL. They have  
an OS X version with a front end GUI but it’s 8.0.x and not 8.1.x …

If you decide to use it with Rails, be aware that it doesn’t have a  
Unix domain socket that I am aware of and it uses port 5444 to  
communicate. So you would have to use TCP/IP port 5444 in your  
database.yml if you go this route …

– G.

> **[Home](https://www.enterprisedb.com/)**
>
> EnterpriseDB provides secure, scalable database management software, enterprise-class Postgres solutions and a wide range of services with 24x7 Postgres support.

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/8 "2006-06-26T16:36:34Z")

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On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 08:04:06AM +0200, Joe R. wrote:  
} Is there something like MAMP, but uses PostgreSQL instead? I found a  
} couple PostgreSQL dmg’s, but one was \< 8.x. For those who use  
PostgreSQL  
} on Mac, how’d you install it (fink, package, please don’t say  
compile!)?

I just installed with fink, no sweat.

fink install postgresql81

} Thanks,  
} Joe  
–Greg

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/postgresql-on-mac/64326/9 "2006-06-26T16:56:12Z")

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On 6/24/06, Joe R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is there something like MAMP, but uses PostgreSQL instead? I found a  
> couple PostgreSQL dmg’s, but one was \< 8.x. For those who use PostgreSQL  
> on Mac, how’d you install it (fink, package, please don’t say compile!)?

I compiled it. It was trivial to do so, and the documentation on the  
PostgreSQL site is pretty good.

– James