Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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Postgres on Yosemite

#ruby
#rails
#gem
#mac
#postgres
#yosemite

Install the Postgres App (http://postgresapp.com/)

Then install the gem with custom config path:

gem install pg -- --with-pg-config=/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.3/bin/pg_config
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#yosemite

Written by Clayton McIlrath

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searls

Nice! This may well be the only way to get pg working on a vanilla Yosemite install, since homebrew's postgres can't find tcl, which requires gcc, which won't compile.

over 1 year ago ·
digit

Hmm, this isn't working for me. If you get a chance can you help me out at:
https://github.com/PostgresApp/PostgresApp/issues/200

over 1 year ago ·
djalmaaraujo

Thanks man. This worked for me.

over 1 year ago ·
calesennett

Thanks a ton. I was losing my mind over this.

over 1 year ago ·
andresbravog

Thanks! Appreciate this!

over 1 year ago ·

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