PostgreSQL, fix the `psql: error: could not connect to server` error
I had this problem: I had installed PostgreSQL in the past using Homebrew, then I think I updated its version mindlessly with brew upgrade, and I couldn’t start it again.
It used to work, but now whenever I tried to access it, I got this error:
psql: error: 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"?The server was running fine, as ps aux | grep postgres showed its process.
I tried various solutions, until simply reinstalling it worked fine.
I ran
brew uninstall postgresql
brew install postgresql
brew services start postgresqland I was able to connect to the database again.
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