Install PostgreSQL DataBase in MacOS With Brew

Touhid Arastu
1 min readFeb 2, 2017

According to wikipedia:

PostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database (ORDBMS) — i.e. a RDBMS, with additional (optional use) “object” features — with an emphasis on extensibility and standards compliance. As a database server, its primary function is to store data securely, and to allow for retrieval at the request of other software applications. It can handle workloads ranging from small single-machine applications to large Internet-facing applications (or for data warehousing) with many concurrent users.

PostgreSQL is a well used db in the world.

Install PostgreSQL with brew is very easy:

brew install postgresql

When install is completed you can start PostgreSQL with:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start

for stop it:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop

and for get status of PostgreSQL:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres status

if you want PostgreSQL start on login use:

brew services start postgresql

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Touhid Arastu

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