psql: could not connect to server

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The error in its entirety reads:

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"?

This is my second time setting up Postgresql via Homebrew on my Mac, and I have no clue what is going on. Previously, it had been working. At some point, I must've entered a command that messed things up. I'm not sure. Now, whenever I enter a SQL command from the command line, I receive the above message. I've run a command to check whether the server is running, and it apparently is not. If I attempt to start the server using

$ postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

I receive the following error:

postgres cannot access the server configuration file "/usr/local/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory

I've uninstalled and reinstalled Postgresql via Homebrew, but the problem persists. I'm completely at a loss as to how to get this working. Any help would be appreciated.

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The answer is here: stackoverflow.com/questions/7975556/… – Michael P.

1 Answers

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your data directory is most likely wrong.

issue a "sudo find / -name "postgresql.conf" " on your terminal to see where your postgres file resides. Then, do an ls in the data directory. Use that in the -D option when starting postgres.