How does one go about discovering and installing the Postgres database system onto a FreeBSD machine?
Must one install the entire gig of data for the entire Ports tree, and then compile from source? I know there are many compile-time options available for Postgres, but I am willing to go with all the defaults.
➥ Is there a way to install a prebuilt binary for FreeBSD running on an AMD64 system?
I am interested in both the final release versions as well as beta versions of Postgres. I see neither Beta 1 nor Beta 2 of Postgres 12 listed in the Ports page.
I am used to using a simple installer-app for installing Postgres on a Mac. Are there complications to installing on a Unix system such as FreeBSD that I need to be aware of?
This Question here is the same as this one but for FreeBSD rather than Linux.