Hey guys i have been trying to download it from the below link http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload
But once i download it, and try to run the set up it is giving me an error saying
An existing data directory has been selected but its neither empty, or a recognizable date directory,I tried changing the path on which it has to be downloaded it is not letting me do so
I'd recommend trying a package manager such as brew. Once you have it installed simply:
brew install postgres
Disclaimer: I have no experience with Postgres on Mac (or with a Mac at all).
The installer will create a directory where PostgreSQL stores all the database data and information. Without this so called "data directory" PostgreSQL does not work.
This data directory has nothing to do with your download directory.
Apparently you are pointing the installer to a directory that already exists and contains some data (not necessarily Postgres related data).
When being prompted for the "data directory" during installation you have to select an empty directory.
I don't know if the selection dialog of the installer will let you create a new directory, so you might want to create that directory manually before starting the installer.
Recently had this issue after attempting a reinstall of PostgreSQL on macOS 11.6
Removing the contents of the /Library/PostgreSQL/14/data directory seemed to resolve the issue and was able to successfully reinstall
I found that if I create an empty folder and install into that it works.
