Installing Postgresql on Mac Lion

Question

I was doing an exercise from the ruby on rails tutorial which involves installing postgresql. Following the instructions from a rails cast linked in the tutorial, I did

brew install postgresql

This errored. On searching online, found a thread on a forum which suggested doing

brew unlink ossp-uuid && brew link ossp_uuid

I don't know what this is achieving. The command failed (I think the first part succeeded). The error:

Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/ossp-uuid/1.6.2/share/man/man3/uuid.3 /usr/local/share/man/man3 is not writable. You should change its permissions.

What is this about? Why do we need to create this symbolic link?

Thanks in advance!

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 31 '14 at 22:35

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You don't need sudo to work with brew read here.

The main problem is your own permission on /usr/local folder to execute these actions.Try this (make sure that you login as administrator role):

sudo chmod go+w /usr/local

Then try again:

brew unlink ossp-uuid && brew link ossp-uuid

and:

brew install postgresql

edited Oct 31 '14 at 22:35

Fabian Zeindl

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answered Nov 10 '12 at 05:46

anguu

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score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '12 at 03:56

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You likely need to use sudo before the command.

Alternatively, postgres can be installed from an installer from their site: Mac OS X installer

answered Jun 05 '12 at 03:56

wadesworld

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Did not try sudo. But used the installer instead. That worked. Thanks! – septerr Jun 06 '12 at 04:24
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You shouldn't use `sudo` to `brew install` with [Homebrew](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Installation). – Matthew Rankin Nov 01 '13 at 20:51

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 05 '12 at 08:44

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Postgresql is already installed on Lion.

answered Jun 05 '12 at 08:44

Idaho

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This is true for OS X Lion Server, but not for Lion client. – gaige Jun 05 '12 at 12:25
Yea, but I wanted to install a newer version. – septerr Jun 06 '12 at 04:24

Installing Postgresql on Mac Lion

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