Postgres on Debian: # install apt-get install --no-install-recommends postgresql postgresql-client Setting up postgres (as root) # become postgres user su postgres # spawn postgres admin shell psql You'll get a prompt, enter the following: CREATE ROLE srnd WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'srnd'; CREATE DATABASE srnd WITH ENCODING 'UTF8' OWNER srnd; \q For demo purposes we'll use these credentials. These are default values, please change them later. Now run it, [next](running.md)