Thanks, Gabriel, that makes perfect sense, I think I got it. Thanks for the help.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Gabriel Sánchez <gabrielesanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > The enterprise db bundle installs pgAdmin in addition to the PostgreSQL > server itself. Although you may have uninstalled the client pgAdmin, the > database server is still running and listening for connections on port > 5432. You want to uninstall PostgreSQL before installing the newer bundle. > > If this doesn't make sense, think of pgAdmin as a web browser like Chrome > or Firefox. Web browsers allows you to view web pages served by web > servers, and pgAdmin allows you to view database data from a database > server. What actually serves a web page is a web server. What actually > serves database data is a database server. The bundle you installed > includes both client (browser) and server. If you know you don't need the > server, you can safely uninstall it. The pgAdmin client is separate > software, and it will continue to run just fine. > On Jan 24, 2016 19:56, "Robert Katz" <robertek...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> HI. I think this question might be better off in pgsql-novice, but here >> goes. >> >> I am running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5. I volunteered for a non-profit that is >> building a database with Postgres. So Lynda.com told me to go here >> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#osx >> and download PGadmin3 there so that i could connect with AWS where the DB >> is hosted. But like an idiot I downloaded 9.1 not 9.5. I need 9.5 to access >> fully what we are doing. So I removed the 9.1 that I initially installed, >> and tried to download 9.5, but 9.5 won't connect to port 5432, I think >> because 9.1 is already there. >> >> I have scoured the internet looking for ways to "completely uninstall" >> PGadmin3 but have not been able to make head or tail of the instructions - >> I tried making a locate db to find particular files but that didn't work. >> >> >> http://superuser.com/questions/720014/how-can-i-completely-uninstall-pgadmin3-from-os-x >> seems to work for this guy, but I could not figure it out. >> >> I tried simply restarting, that did not work. This can't be that >> intractable a problem. Any help that folks on this list might be able to >> give opening up port 5432 would be much appreciated. >> >> >> >> -- >> Robert Katz >> >> >> -- Robert Katz Phone: 773.490.9969 Twitter: http://bit.ly/areeekay <http://twitter.com/areeekay>
