12/13/2011 ~ 1 min read

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projectme ########################################################### # A startup item has been generated that will aid in # starting postgresql90-server with launchd. It is disabled # by default. Execute the following command to start it, # and to cause it to launch at startup: # # sudo port load postgresql90-server ########################################################### ---> Installing postgresql90-server @9.0.5_0 To create a database instance, after install do sudo mkdir -p /opt/local/var/db/postgresql90/defaultdb sudo chown postgres:postgres /opt/local/var/db/postgresql90/defaultdb sudo su postgres -c ‘/opt/local/lib/postgresql90/bin/initdb -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql90/defaultdb’ To tweak your DBMS, consider increasing kern.sysv.shmmax by adding an increased kern.sysv.shmmax .. to /etc/sysctl.conf ---> Activating postgresql90-server @9.0.5_0 ---> Cleaning postgresql90-server


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