From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: could not connect to server, in order to operate pgAdmin/PostgreSQL
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:25:02 -0600
Message-ID: <b3457a73-fb13-ca92-76c7-7e1f09f6d5ae@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <964914383.8186.1543026683916@wamui-moana.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <964914383.8186.1543026683916@wamui-moana.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
On 11/23/2018 08:31 PM, Anne Marie Harm wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Unfortunately I'm unable to operate pgAdmin/PostgreSQL; first of all I can
> only install version 9.5 (tried versions 11, 10, and 9.6 -- but cannot
> install).
How come. (Are you running a really old distro version?)
> When I launch pgAdmin in order to try to use PostgreSGL 9.5, here is the
> full text of the error message I receive (also, screenshot attached):
>
> could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) Is the
> server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections
> on port 5432? could not connect to server: Connection refused
> (0x0000274D/10061) Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1)
> and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
Well, *is* Postgres running? You installed Pg but did you start it? These
two commands will tell you:
pg_ctl status # when logged in as user postgres
sudo netstat -an | grep 5432
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