Need help running Wasp app

Hello everyone, I am looking for some help with running my app locally. I created a trial app using https://usemage.ai/ but after following the instructions to install and get the app running I am getting the following error(s): --- [Error] Can not connect to database: --------------------------------------- The database needs to be running in order to execute this command. You can easily start a managed dev database with wasp start db.
When I ran "wasp start db", I got another error --- [Error] Couldn't find docker executable: --------------------------------- To run PostgreSQL dev database, Wasp needs docker installed and in PATH. From what I understand, Wasp needs Docker with Postgresql to run. Can someone guide me to how to do it exactly in reference to Wasp. Also, I feel this part is not clearly documented in the Wasp Documentation. Looking forward to your answers guys!
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kvares
kvares8mo ago
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MEE6
MEE68mo ago
Wohooo @kvares, you just became a Waspeteer level 1!
kvares
kvares8mo ago
And after its downloaded open a new terminal
cd app
cd app
and
wasp start db
wasp start db
ah you need to start docker application aswell
martinsos
martinsos8mo ago
Hey @lordskyfire_sama ! As @kvares said, you need to install docker and that is it. Do you have any suggestions where to additionally document it? CUrrently we have: 1. That message that you got, that tells yo uto install docker. 2. This piece of docs, which says docker is needed: https://wasp-lang.dev/docs/data-model/backends#using-the-dev-database-provided-by-wasp .
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Entities, Operations and Automatic CRUD together make a high-level interface for working with your app's data. Still, all that data has to live somewhere, so let's see how Wasp deals with databases.
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