Andrew Schechtman-Rook

@cminton I wrote up the steps I had to go through to get nfldb working on my Mac [here](http://nflwin.readthedocs.io/en/stable/nfldb.html). It's mostly written so I wouldn't forget how to do it...

Yeah, that's normal - that command is running the database in the foreground (the `pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l logfile start` command right below it is to run the db in...

[Looks like this is a security feature in El Cap](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33004708/osx-el-capitan-sudo-pip-install-oserror-errno-1-operation-not-permitted). The simple answer (as recommended in that SO question) is to use a virtual environment. The SO answer recommends `virtualenv`...

Both, basically. You'll install nfldb (and any other packages you need) into the virtual environment, and then whenever you want to use nfldb you'll activate the virtual environment and work...

Hey @Arrashg, going back to [this comment](https://github.com/BurntSushi/nfldb/issues/215#issuecomment-323500366), is your username "home"? If that's the case, it looks like you may have missed the step directly after starting up postgres for...

@Arrashg if you're getting an `ImportError` when you try to import nfldb you probably have problems with how you installed the module itself, beyond just the config file. How did...

**Edit:** looks like I already linked you to this as part of #215, I knew your name was familiar! Sorry for the accidental re-post. I haven't updated that guide since...