PostgreSQL server wouldn't shutdown on Lion (Mac OS 10.7)

Question

I installed PostgreSQL using Homebrew on Lion. It starts okay but wouldn\'t shutdown. I tried:

$ #started with
$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/lo         


        

Answer 1

If you used Homebrew to install postgresql, then as Shevauns comment on Greg's answer indicates, the correct procedure is

launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist