Mac OSX Lion Postgres does not accept connections on /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432

Question

I\'m getting a common Mac OSX error for Homebrew installations of Postgres,

No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on          


        

Answer 1

The system client is being used and not your brew version. The symlink approach only lasts until the next restart. This approach fixes the root issue I believe

1. sudo edit /etc/paths
2. Move the line containing /usr/local/bin to the top of the file. (Before /usr/bin)
3. Uninstall your postgres gem(s) (gem uninstall pg)
4. Start up new shell to load the new environment settings
5. bundle