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How can I start PostgreSQL server on Mac OS X?

Final update: I had forgotten to run the initdb command. By running this command ps auxwww | grep postgres I see that postgres is not running > ps auxwww | grep postgres remcat 1789 0....

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Ramy

852 votes

34 answers

297k views

nvm keeps "forgetting" node in new terminal session

Upon using a new terminal session in OS X, nvm forgets the node version and defaults to nothing: $ nvm ls: .nvm v0.11.12 v0.11.13 I have to keep hitting nvm use v.0.11.13 in ...

frhd

9,964

asked Jul 5, 2014 at 10:05

802 votes

32 answers

712k views

How to fix homebrew permissions?

I have uninstalled and installed Homebrew 3 times now because it seems to never allow me to install anything as it denies me permissions at the end of most installations. As an example I will post ...

Paul Rada

19.4k

asked May 8, 2013 at 3:11

690 votes

47 answers

477k views

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.62.dylib error running php after installing node with brew on Mac

I installed node using homebrew (Mojave), afterwards php stoped working and if I try to run php -v I get this error: php -v dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.62.dylib ...

petekaner

8,621

asked Dec 18, 2018 at 8:20

646 votes

66 answers

607k views

Postgres could not connect to server

After I did brew update and brew upgrade, my postgres got some problem. I tried to uninstall postgres and install it again, but it didn't work as well. This is the error message. (I also got this ...

Gary Lai

6,623

asked Nov 16, 2012 at 4:53

564 votes

13 answers

606k views

Uninstall / remove a Homebrew package including all its dependencies

I have a Homebrew formula that I wish to uninstall/remove along with all its dependencies, skipping packages whom other packages depend upon (a.k.a. Cascading package removal in Package manager ...

Ory Band

15.3k

asked Sep 6, 2011 at 16:38

470 votes

6 answers

56k views

`pg_tblspc` missing after installation of latest version of OS X (Yosemite or El Capitan)

I use postgres from homebrew in my OS X, but when I reboot my system, sometimes the postgres doesn't start after the reboot, and so I manually tried to start it with postgres -D /usr/local/var/...

Blaszard

31.7k

asked Sep 22, 2014 at 8:57

467 votes

44 answers

319k views

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib

I installed vapor via homebrew and then immediately wanted to jump into a project by executing vapor new Hello but then got the following message back in the terminal: dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/...

Cronay

4,965

asked Nov 23, 2019 at 10:21

418 votes

3 answers

143k views

What does brew tap mean?

Sometimes I see articles saying command of brew tap before brew install something. I am wondering what does tap mean? And why must I run tap before install?

Zhang Buzz

10.8k

asked Dec 22, 2015 at 3:50

416 votes

17 answers

590k views

brew install mysql on macOS

I'm trying to setup up MySQL on mac os 10.6 using Homebrew by brew install mysql 5.1.52. Everything goes well and I am also successful with the mysql_install_db. However when I try to connect to the ...

nikola

5,346

asked Dec 5, 2010 at 13:57

411 votes

19 answers

266k views

Brew doctor says: "Warning: /usr/local/include isn't writable."

Brew doctor says: Warning: /usr/local/include isn't writable. This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by Homebrew. If a brew tries to write a header file to ...

gaggina

5,409

asked Jan 25, 2013 at 17:51

380 votes

31 answers

838k views

After installing Homebrew I get `zsh: command not found: brew` [closed]

➜ ~ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" -e:77: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local/bin in PATH, mode 040677 It appears ...

Elad Benda2

14.9k

asked Apr 15, 2016 at 21:44

367 votes

13 answers

212k views

Postgres - FATAL: database files are incompatible with server

After restarting my MacBook Pro I am unable to start the database server: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain ...

klaffenboeck

6,337

asked Jul 23, 2013 at 23:57

361 votes

26 answers

784k views

Installing Homebrew on macOS

According to the Homebrew site, to install it, I need to type: brew install wget I get an error message: -bash: brew: command not found Found this answer. The problem, however, is I don't see brew ...

DBWeinstein

9,229

asked Dec 4, 2013 at 16:47

338 votes

40 answers

625k views

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' [duplicate]

I installed MySQL on Mac OS X Mountain Lion with homebrew install mysql, but when I tried mysql -u root I got the following error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through ...

shrewdbeans

12.3k

asked Mar 16, 2013 at 13:53

327 votes

9 answers

109k views

How to avoid "cannot load such file -- utils/popen" from homebrew on OSX

I'm getting an error when I run brew in the terminal: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such ...

kerokero

3,271

asked Jul 9, 2014 at 11:53

316 votes

17 answers

73k views

gem eventmachine fatal error: 'openssl/ssl.h' file not found

Just installed El Capitan and can't install gem eventmachine 1.0.7. openssl is at 1.0.2a-1. Tried to use --with-ssl-dir but it seems ignored. Reported it to their github repo as well. Any ...

firedev

21k

asked Jun 13, 2015 at 11:56

311 votes

24 answers

157k views

Upgrade all the casks installed via Homebrew Cask

I use Homebrew Cask to install applications on OS X. How do I upgrade all the installed casks?

enrico.bacis

31.2k

asked Aug 12, 2015 at 14:51

294 votes

20 answers

332k views

Error: Cannot install in Homebrew on ARM processor in Intel default prefix (/usr/local)

I use the latest Apple M1 chip processor. And I keep getting errors while application installation. I run: brew install openjdk@11 Error: Cannot install in Homebrew on ARM processor in Intel default ...

Prashanth Sams

20.8k

asked Nov 23, 2020 at 6:13

293 votes

16 answers

812k views

How do you update Xcode on OSX to the latest version?

What is the easiest way to update Xcode on OSX? I see this in the terminal: $ brew install xxxxxxx Warning: Your Xcode (4.3.3) is outdated Please install Xcode 4.6. But when I go to open up Xcode &...

Evan R.

3,367

asked Mar 14, 2013 at 18:42

290 votes

8 answers

218k views

How do I find a list of Homebrew's installable packages?

Recently I installed Brew. How can I retrieve a list of available brew packages to install?

dnlcrl

5,090

asked Jan 12, 2012 at 10:06

278 votes

8 answers

286k views

Brew install docker does not include docker engine?

Trying to setup docker from brew, however the engine does not seem to be included in any of the any of the official formulas. brew install docker-machine docker-compose So these only installs the ...

David Karlsson

9,546

asked Nov 10, 2016 at 8:47

251 votes

26 answers

123k views

Broken references in Virtualenvs

I recently installed a bunch of dotfiles on my Mac along with some other applications (I changed to iTerm instead of Terminal, and Sublime as my default text editor) but ever since, all my virtual ...

oxtay

4,000

asked Apr 23, 2014 at 1:30

237 votes

15 answers

137k views

"ERROR:root:code for hash md5 was not found" when using any hg mercurial commands

When trying to use any hg Mercurial commands on the console, I keep getting this error. I installed Python using Homebrew and I am running Mac OS Catalina v. 10.15.1. Any reference would be ...

poca

3,688

asked Dec 10, 2019 at 14:13

237 votes

10 answers

155k views

What is the recommended way to install Node.js, nvm and npm on MacOS X?

I am trying to use Homebrew as much as possible. What's the recommended way to install Node.js, nvm and npm on MacOS X?

ohho

51.6k

asked Jan 19, 2015 at 3:03

221 votes

10 answers

351k views

How to brew install java?

I'd like to setup java on a new OS X machine, and prefer to use brew for OS X package management. How can I install latest java using brew?

Tim Fulmer

17.8k

asked Jan 6, 2021 at 18:15

217 votes

17 answers

346k views

How to install latest version of Node using Brew

The latest version of NodeJs right now is 0.4.1 The command brew install node right now, installs 0.2.6 - which is not ideal. I would like 0.4.1 I've looked at this list of commands for brew and ...

PandaWood

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asked Feb 20, 2011 at 9:03

200 votes

15 answers

238k views

How to reinstall python@2 from Homebrew?

I have been having issues with openssl and python@2 with brew, which have explained here (unresolved). The documented workaround to reinstall Python and openssl was not working, so I decided I would ...

Pauline

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asked Feb 19, 2020 at 10:45

194 votes

23 answers

81k views

Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libpq.5.4.dylib

I am working on a Ruby on Rails application and installed PostgreSQL using postgresql-9.1.2-1-osx.dmg. I installed the pg gem. Then when I executed rake db:create, I got the following error: dlopen(/...

Sathish

4,514

asked Jan 26, 2012 at 18:40

191 votes

22 answers

224k views

Error: The 'brew link' step did not complete successfully

I'm trying to install node.js via Homebrew. Unfortunately, I get this error: ➜ ~ brew install node ==> Downloading http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.10/node-v0.8.10.tar.gz #############################...

chandlervdw

3,226

asked Sep 26, 2012 at 17:26

189 votes

24 answers

137k views

Cannot connect to Postgres server running through brew services

I've been looking for a solution for this and could not find a working solution. I've installed postgres using brew (brew install postgres) in my MacBook and I am currently running it using brew ...

leo.fcx

6,397

asked Sep 26, 2016 at 19:00

182 votes

11 answers

152k views

Homebrew installs nvm but nvm can't be found afterwards?

I'm using homebrew and oh-my-zsh on a fresh OSX 10.10.1 install. I got nvm via homebrew and then attempted to run it but says - zsh: command not found: nvm Any idea what the problem is? I was able to ...

Dayan

7,912

asked Dec 26, 2014 at 0:48

181 votes

10 answers

137k views

Another active Homebrew process is already in progress

When I try to do this: brew install node I get this message: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/utils/lock.sh: line 19: /usr/local/var/homebrew/locks/update: Permission denied -e:1:in `...

akaliza

3,831

asked Sep 30, 2016 at 17:37

177 votes

21 answers

547k views

How to tell if homebrew is installed on Mac OS X

I am doing some Rails programming and I consistently see Homebrew referenced in solutions around the web but have never used it. I also notice Homebrew in the terminal version 2.9 as an option next ...

Kmb40

2,481

asked Feb 5, 2014 at 12:57

174 votes

15 answers

203k views

Homebrew refusing to link OpenSSL

I'm on: OSX 10.11.6, Homebrew version 0.9.9m OpenSSL 0.9.8zg 14 July 2015 I'm trying to play with with dotnetcore and by following their instructions, I've upgraded/installed the latest version of ...

daviddeath

2,513

asked Jul 30, 2016 at 4:18

171 votes

5 answers

86k views

How do you install ssh-copy-id on a Mac?

I am having trouble trying to install ssh-copy-id on my Mac. I have tried to follow https://github.com/beautifulcode/ssh-copy-id-for-OSX but every time I run ssh-copy-id it gives me errors. Any ideas ...

Technic1an

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asked Sep 4, 2014 at 0:10

169 votes

12 answers

43k views

PDFtk Server on OS X 10.11

I've been using PDFTK Server on OSX pre 10.11 for over a year without any issues running commands on the command line. After installing OSX 10.11 beta, I can no longer run any PDFTK Server commands ...

Aaron

3,058

asked Sep 10, 2015 at 15:26

163 votes

8 answers

204k views

How can I install a previous version of Python 3 in macOS using homebrew?

How can I install a previous version of Python 3 in macOS using brew? With the command brew install python I got the latest version of Python 3 (currently v3.7.0), but I want the last version of ...

ePi272314

13.2k

asked Jul 1, 2018 at 16:20

156 votes

1 answer

129k views

nginx the "ssl" directive is deprecated, use the "listen ... ssl"

After NGINX upgrade to v1.15.2 starts getting the warning. nginx: [warn] the "ssl" directive is deprecated, use the "listen ... ssl" directive instead in /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-...

sambua

2,504

asked Aug 6, 2018 at 8:04

155 votes

9 answers

176k views

Installing MongoDB with Homebrew

I'm relatively new to MongoDB and am trying to install MongoDB on my Mac with Homebrew, but I'm getting the following error: Error: No available formula with the name "mongodb" ==> Searching for ...

Paul Vu

1,653

asked Sep 9, 2019 at 15:13

150 votes

2 answers

70k views

List all files in a homebrew package

How can I get homebrew to list out all files installed for a package? For example, when I run brew list for the exim package, I get these files: $ brew list exim /usr/local/Cellar/exim/4.80.1/bin/...

Hanxue

12.6k

asked Sep 25, 2013 at 16:49

146 votes

10 answers

520k views

Where do I find the bashrc file on Mac?

Hello I am following this page.. I'm installing Python onto my mac so that I can set up a Django / Eclipse development environment. However I am not too sure how to go about executing this step: The ...

pencilVester

1,471

asked Oct 29, 2013 at 15:36

139 votes

8 answers

257k views

What is the best/safest way to reinstall Homebrew?

I am getting issues with permissions in Homebrew: After I installed Node and tried to install npm using the curl command Homebrew tells you to use, it would fail due to EACCESS errors. I checked the ...

AndrewKS

3,728

asked Jun 14, 2012 at 17:07

137 votes

5 answers

323k views

How can I see the current value of my $PATH variable on OS X?

$ $PATH returns: -bash: /usr/local/share/npm/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:~/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/...

Karoh

2,430

asked Jan 31, 2013 at 1:34

136 votes

11 answers

78k views

"please check gdb is codesigned - see taskgated(8)" - How to get gdb installed with homebrew code signed?

I'm under osx 10.8.4 and have installed gdb 7.5.1 with homebrew (motivation get a new gdb with new features such as --with-python etc... ) Long story short when I run debug within a c++ Eclipse ...

pellekrogholt

1,935

asked Aug 24, 2013 at 21:07

134 votes

9 answers

148k views

How to run the Homebrew installer under Rosetta 2 on M1 Macbook

I'm on the M1 MacBook. This is the error when I try to install Homebrew: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)" Homebrew is not (...

Watson

3,340

asked Nov 17, 2020 at 20:07

118 votes

6 answers

161k views

Make python3 as my default python on Mac

What I'm trying to do here is to make python3 as my default python. Except the python 2.7 which automatically installed on mac, I installed python3 with homebrew. This is the website that I'm ...

Sambo Kim

1,443

asked Apr 7, 2018 at 5:52

116 votes

11 answers

106k views

How to use GNU sed on Mac OS 10.10+, 'brew install --default-names' no longer supported

Under Mac OS 10.10.3, I installed gnu-sed by typing: brew install gnu-sed --default-names When I type it again, I get the message: gnu-sed-4.2.2 already installed However, even after rebooting the ...

user3781201

1,291

asked May 2, 2015 at 14:41

111 votes

5 answers

73k views

Install Wireshark on MacOS X via brew [closed]

I installed Wireshark on my mac with the command brew install wireshark but after that, a message told me that I had to curl and install ChmodBPF, so I did that too. But there is no command named ...

Aryan

2,715

asked Oct 7, 2014 at 17:55

109 votes

11 answers

96k views

How to use Homebrew on a Multi-user MacOS Sierra Setup

I have a Mac that is shared between two engineers. Both have separate user accounts. Both need to run brew update and brew install... occasionally. How do I set this up without getting errors like: /...

Jon Gunter

1,994

asked Jan 24, 2017 at 22:58

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