[postgis-users] What have I got wrong?
Nicolas Ribot
nicolas.ribot at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 09:08:36 PDT 2012
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 <peashea at 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
>
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