- Download Postgres:
sudo apt install postgresql
. - NOTE: Restart your terminal if you already have it open. And if you're using the terminal in VSCode, you'll have to restart VSCode to have it pick up the changes to the PATH variable.
- Run
$ psql -U postgres
in command prompt. This runs the psql command as the default "postgres" superuser. - Run:
postgres=# CREATE USER "[WINDOWS_USERNAME]" WITH PASSWORD '[PASSWORD]' SUPERUSER;
- Quit postgres:
postgres=# \q
- Run
psql postgres
and type the password you used in theCREATE USER
command
Starting/Stopping/Restarting postgres: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53062239
If you get tired of typing your password in everytime you run psql
, try one of these options: https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/14740/how-to-use-psql-with-no-password-prompt.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/wsl-database#install-postgresql