When upgrading to 9.6.2, my plist was at /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.6.2/.Ĭopy the plist file to the LaunchAgents directory.Ĭp /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.3.4/ ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ Step C – Load launchctl
#Install local postgresql mac install#
There’s a plist file that comes with the postgres install from homebrew. Step B – Copy the plist file to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ Step A – You’ll need to setup LaunchAgentsĬreate the directory ~/Library/LaunchAgents if it doesn’t exist already. I got the following setup from this blog post at tunnelsup. Now to ensure postgres starts automatically every time you start your Mac, you’ll need to do some extra setup. $ brew update & brew upgrade postgresql Step 3 – Switchįinally, we’ll switch to the new version using the following command.Ĭleaning /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.5.4_1Ĭleaning /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.6.1ģ75 links created for /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.6.1 Step 4 – Ensuring Postgresql Starts Automatically At Startup (optional, but makes your life easier) Next, we’ll use homebrew to upgrade it to the latest version. $ brew services stop postgresql Step 2 – Upgrade The first step is to turn off the postgres service if it’s running in the background. I had to follow these steps when I was upgrading to Postgres 9.6 Step 1 – Turn off Postgres Ok, so let’s say you have to upgrade postgres. Pretty easy, right? Upgrading Postgres via Homebrew It should install the latest version of Postgres available via Homebrew. Once you do that, all you have to do is issue the following command in your terminal: If you don’t, you can find some instructions here.
This guide assumes that you have homebrew installed. Now if you want to use Heroku’s Postgres app, it’s pretty easy and is a good alternative to homebrew.
#Install local postgresql mac how to#
So what follows is a mini-guide I put together on how to install postgresql on Mac as well as how to upgrade it with homebrew. At my next job, I used the homebrew package manager since that’s how our team used it. At my first job, I found that using Heroku’s Postgres app. One of the first things I had to do is figure out how to get Postgres up and running.Įventually, I had to learn a good way to upgrade it as well. But since that’s what I was given, that’s what I was used. I had never used a Mac before as I considered them overpriced relative to a desktop I could setup with Linux. But when I got my first job at a startup in California, I received a brand new shiny Macbook laptop. I started off programming Ruby on Rails applications on a Windows machine with an Ubuntu virtual machine running on top.
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