Postgres.app is a full-featured PostgreSQL installation packaged as a standard Mac app. It includes everything you need to get started: we’ve even included popular extensions like PostGIS for geo data and plv8 for JavaScript. Since version 8.0, PostgreSQL offers an installer for Windows systems that makes the installation process easier and faster. For development purposes, we will install PostgreSQL version 12 on Windows 10. There are three steps to complete the PostgreSQL installation: Download PostgreSQL installer for Windows; Install PostgreSQL; Verify the.
Introduction
psql is the standard command line interface for interacting with a PostgreSQL or TimescaleDB instance. Here we explain how to install psql on various platforms.
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Before you start
Before you start, you should confirm that you don’t already have psql installed. In fact, if you’ve ever installed Postgres or TimescaleDB before, you likely already have psql installed.
Install on MacOS using Homebrew
First, install the Brew Package Manager
Second, update brew. From your command line, run the following commands:
Finally, symlink psql (and other libpq tools) into /usr/local/bin:
Install on Ubuntu 16.04,18.04 and Debian 9,10
Install on Ubuntu and Debian using the apt package manager:
Note: That this only installs the psql client and not the PostgreSQL database.
Install Windows 10
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We recommend using the installer from PostgreSQL.org.
Last step: Connect to your PostgreSQL server
Let’s confirm that psql is installed:
Now, in order to connect to your PostgreSQL server, we’ll need the following connection params:
Hostname
Port
Username
Password
Database name
There are two ways to use these params.
Option 1:
Once you run that command, the prompt will ask you for your password. (Which we specified with the -W flag.)