On 7/12/07, Tom Allison <tom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I tried to install postgres onto my macbook via 'fink' and don't like it all that much. I decided to install from source, it's a fallback to my slackware days.
Try MacPorts (http://www.macports.org/), a modern BSD-style ports system for OS X. The PostgreSQL port sets up everything except initdb, and installs a launchd script for controlling the postmaster daemon: $ port install postgresql82-server MacPorts has a good selection of support packages -- PostGIS, language bindings, etc. One advantage of using MacPorts is that, quite unlike Debian's packages, ports are incredibly easy to write -- each port is just a small text file. If the sources have a reasonably modern layout (tarball, configure script, makefile), it's around three lines in addition to the package name, description etc. MacPorts handles the downloading, compiling, staging, file tracking, uninstallation and so on. So if MacPorts doesn't have a package you want, you can still install it from source and have it integrated into the MacPorts universe. Alexander.
