Bruce Badger wrote: > Hi, > > I am a very new mac user and have just started using Fink. I do have > experience using Debian and the apt suite of tools, but otherwise I'm > a raw beginner. > > I am trying to get a PostgreSQL server running on my MacBook Pro under > Tiger. I have installed Fink and have run an apt-get update and > upgrade. > > To install PostgreSQL I ran: sudo apt-get install Package postgresql80-unified > > The install did not report any problems and at the end reported: > > Setting up postgresql80-unified (8.0.6-1026) ... > - starting PostgreSQL on port 14030 > - attempting to install the plpgsql language in the template1 database... done > > ... which sounded pretty good! > > But when I try to connect to the database using psql I get the following: > > polar:~ bbadger$ sudo -u postgres psql -p 14030 template1 > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory > Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.14030"? > > I bet I'm doing something stupid. Could someone please let me know > what I have wrong or which bit of documentation I should have read? > > Many thanks, > Bruce > I think you need to specify the full path to the database.
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