New MAC trial - database engine doesn't appear to load.

[Ninth Prince]

I am new to Macs and trying to get PT-3 onto my MacBook Pro.

The PT-3 software seems to load fine. Then I reboot. Then I double click on PT-3 in applications window. It comes up and tells me that it needs to install the database engine. I click to have that happen and after I type my password in and nothing happens. The db engine does not show up in my applications window.

Also, maybe unrelated, maybe not, I cannot get PT-3 to quit. I have to force quit it.

What do I need to do?

[kraada]

What version of PT3 do you have installed?

[Ninth Prince]

What version of PT3 do you have installed?

I downloaded it last night -- 30.5, I think.

[kraada]

Did you see a download progress bar when starting PT3?

[Ninth Prince]

Yes.

[kraada]

Hm that should mean PostgreSQL did download then - did you ever see the PostgreSQL installer?

[Ninth Prince]

No, there was just some downloading process that took about 2-3 minutes, but then nothing looking like an installer (say, where I would drag an icon into the applications folder).

[WhiteRider]

Run the PT3 installer again after a reboot - see the Mac: Basic Install Guide.

[Ninth Prince]

That didn't work. Here is the error that I get.

"Unable to create PostgreSQL database: PT3 D8 Reason: Unable to login to database (template1). Reason: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting and accepting connections on UNIX domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL."?

[The Dead Donkey]

i'm getting the same error.