Hi, Is the PostgreSQL server started on port 5433 ? (default port is 5432) (ps aux |grep postgres may show you information about started postgres program)
Nicolas On 9 July 2012 17:45, Phil Shea <peas...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Apologies to everyone if this has already been documented before or if my > problem is so obvious but...... > > After trying for the best part of three days I'm unable (unsure what the > heck I'm doing wrong) with trying to get postgis working with postgres. If > anyone can point out what it is I be hugely grateful. > > I've followed the official postgis installation documentation and guides / > tutorials on the PostGIS WIKI and keep arriving at the same message below in > a terminal window. > > createdb: could not connect to database postgres: 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.5433"? > > If it helps I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and have been trying to bring > things to life with Postgres 9.1 and PostGIS 2.0.1 > > Thanks in advance for any support. > > Best regards, > > Geo-rookie > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
