How to Create the Initial Postgresql Database?
How to Install PostgreSQL
You can use brew to install PostgreSQL:
$ brew install postgresql
Start the process
You can use brew services to manage your processes like this:
$ brew services start postgresql
Create the initial database
If you try starting the PostgreSQL console (using psql
) and get the following error:
psql: error: could not connect to server: FATAL: database "user" does not exist
then you need to create the initial database using:
$ createdb