Did you initialize the DB cluster (initdb -D /path/to/data)? Did you configure the installation (postgres.conf file)? Does homebrew.mxcl.postgresql where the data lives?
when you run "ps -ef|grep -i postg", do you see the postmaster and other postgres executables running? > On Mar 13, 2016, at 06:07, Alexander Farber <alexander.far...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello! > > I am trying to move from (successfully) using VM Fusion with CentOS Linux > image on Mac OSX "El Capitan" for web development to Homebrew: > > brew update > brew install postgres > brew tap homebrew/services > > This resulted in some files installed to > > /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.5.1/ > > And "brew services list" reports it as "started": > > postgresql started afarber > /Users/afarber/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist > > And I can restart it: > > # brew services restart postgresql > Stopping `postgresql`... (might take a while) > ==> Successfully stopped `postgresql` (label: homebrew.mxcl.postgresql) > ==> Successfully started `postgresql` (label: homebrew.mxcl.postgresql) > > But unfortunately I can not connect with "psql": > > 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.5432"? > > And there is no "pg", "post" or "master" in "ps uawwwx" list. > > And I can find neither postgresql.conf nor pg_hba.conf nor any startup logs > at my Macbook Air. > > In the troubleshooting process I have tried: > > xcode-select --install > brew update > brew update > sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(brew --prefix) > > and restarted the Macbook and finally filed an issue at > https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/50065 > <https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/50065> > > If you are using Homebrew PostgreSQL package at the latest Mac OSX, please > share some tips on how to get it running or at least proceed in debugging. > > Thank you > Alex >
