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# enter the same password as you enter during the installation.
# enter the same password as you enter during the installation.
# click right on 'Databases (0)' then create a new database called Moodle
# click right on 'Databases (0)' then create a new database called Moodle
# checkout Moodle from CVS, run the installation
# checkout Moodle from CVS, run the installation
# on the database setup, you will enter:
# on the database setup, you will enter:

Revision as of 03:12, 1 September 2010

  1. install MAMP package in order to have a ready to use Apache web server.
  2. download the Mac OSX Postgres package one click installer
  3. run the installer, the installer tells you it changed a system file.
  4. restart your Mac
  5. run the installer a second time, Postgres gets installed. Remember the password you entered. If you don't change anything else, the default user should be called 'postgres'.
  6. run pgAdminIII
  7. click right on PostgreSQL X.X (there is a little red cross) and select Connect
  8. enter the same password as you enter during the installation.
  9. click right on 'Databases (0)' then create a new database called Moodle
  10. checkout Moodle from CVS, run the installation
  11. on the database setup, you will enter:
    • host: localhost
    • user: postgres
    • password: your_password
    • database: Moodle