Specifically, did you try createdb -p 5433 ? I'm not a Ubuntu specialist, but is it possible you already have a stock postgresql running on port 5432 and that the 9.1 version took the 5433 port to run on ?
Nicolas On 9 July 2012 18:08, Nicolas Ribot <nicolas.ri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
