By watermelon
I installed PostgreSQL on Ubuntu, I can view psql version with command psql --version. but when I input comman sudo -i -u postgres, it shows error: psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket “/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432”?
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The error means that the Postgres server is not running. Try starting it:
sudo systemctl start postgresql
I believe the service name is postgresql, but if that doesn’t work, try typing sudo systemctl start postgres and pressing tab to auto-complete.
Make sure that the server starts on boot:
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
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