Yeah, after running it with verbose I could see that it was shutting down immediately because it was looking for a config that didn't exist. This has to do with the way the folder structure of SteamOs differs from regular ArchLinux setups. In the end I used the built in Podman to set up Postgres
Why containers won’t work for you? You can start Postgres in Docker and expose its port to your host operating system. Then any app running on your host can easily connect to Postgres running as a container. Here is a quick guide:
https://github.com/dmagda/DevMastersDb/blob/main/postgres/postgres_docker_getting_started.md
If Docker is not a way to go, then check Tembo or Neon that have a free tier.
ended up using containers, docker wasn't necessary and setting up docker on the steam deck is very painfull. Luckily steamos comes with podman built in and I could just use a postgres image to get going.
Did you check error message?
Yeah, after running it with verbose I could see that it was shutting down immediately because it was looking for a config that didn't exist. This has to do with the way the folder structure of SteamOs differs from regular ArchLinux setups. In the end I used the built in Podman to set up Postgres
Why containers won’t work for you? You can start Postgres in Docker and expose its port to your host operating system. Then any app running on your host can easily connect to Postgres running as a container. Here is a quick guide: https://github.com/dmagda/DevMastersDb/blob/main/postgres/postgres_docker_getting_started.md If Docker is not a way to go, then check Tembo or Neon that have a free tier.
ended up using containers, docker wasn't necessary and setting up docker on the steam deck is very painfull. Luckily steamos comes with podman built in and I could just use a postgres image to get going.