Re: uninstalling PGadmin3

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 <gabrielesanchez(at)gmail(dot)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" <robertekatz(at)gmail(dot)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
>>
>>
>>

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