Re: Can't install Postgres version 18

Hello,

On Jun 14, 2026 at 6:12:52 AM, Jan Karremans <karremans(dot)ja(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I would simply recommend not to run Postgres on Windows. You are mixing
> two distinctly different approaches to IT-systems. In that sense Linux is
> so much more akin to the world Postgres lives in.
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> Cheers,
> Jan
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Absolutely true. However, it’s good that EDB has provided a Windows
installer for PostgreSQL because nearly 2/3 of personal computer users run
Windows, and many, many people who are setting out to learn database
programming run on it.

That said, I have two observations, both related to experiences as author
of a book about learning SQL:

1. I have installed and uninstalled PostgreSQL and pgAdmin on Windows
dozens of times and had no issues at all as long as I used the official
installer/uninstaller. However, the uninstaller does not completely remove
all traces of the application, so for a fully clean uninstall you must
remove registry entries, delete left-behind application directories, etc.

2. Using PostgreSQL under Windows is far more complicated than running
it on macOS, where you can install PostgresApp and get up and running in
just minutes with very little to fiddle with. And that app is getting
better all the time with support for Postgres extensions. I steer everyone
towards Macs these days.

Cheers,

Anthony DeBarros