On a Mac you should be able to locate psql under the Applications > PostgreSQL (version number) > SQL Shell (psql). On Windows, you can find psql in the Program Files, and you should be able to launch it in a command prompt simply by clicking on it. However, if it errors out, you can locate the psql utility by searching for the file with the following command on /]# find / -name psql This gives you the path, and also, since the OS knows the location, you will not need to browse for it.
You can try the following command on the data]# which psql The easiest way to connect is to check whether you already have psql in your environment variables on not. To connect using psql you will first need to locate its location on the operating system that you might be using: i. PostgreSQL is supported on three major platforms. Since this is probably the first time you are trying to connect to a PostgreSQL database that you have installed, we will cover some of the possible scenarios you may encounter so you can start working in just a short period of time. So let’s take our first steps and get connected to PostgreSQL. Here I offer separate steps for users of different operating systems, where required in cases where the operating system is not specified, the steps can be treated as a universal approach, and are valid for any operating system that you are using. Since terminal/command line and pgAdmin are the most favored ways for connecting to PostgreSQL, I explain the basics of using both methodologies. This is a two-part article for beginners who have installed the most advanced open source database, PostgreSQL, and are now looking to connect to it.
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