How to set up Postgres database for local Rails project?

Question

I recently got a new machine and would now like to work on my projects from Github. I\'m curious as to how to properly set up the Postgres database on my local machine. I have <

Answer 1

firstly, install postgresql

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/postgresql
sudo apt-get update

#now install postgresql
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.1 libpq-dev

create a new user in psql

sudo su postgres
createuser user_name #Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) y

Gemfile

gem 'pg'

bundle install

development.yml

development:
  adapter: postgresql
  database: app_development
  pool: 5
  username: user_name
  password: