** (Mix) The database for PhoenixHerokuWsmoak.Repo couldn't be created, reason given: psql: could not connect to server

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** (Mix) The database for PhoenixHerokuWsmoak.Repo couldn't be created, reason given: psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

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If you have this problem, Well, that's because Postgres isn't running locally. I'm not even sure it's installed. The easiest way to do that on a Mac is to grab Postgres.app from http://postgresapp.com and copy it to the /Applications folder.

Trying again:

$ mix​​ ​​ecto.create​