Postgresql socket error when running Django's syncdb (mac OS 10.7.5)

Question

I\'m trying to run Django\'s syncdb operation and am getting the following error:

psycopg2.OperationalError: could not connect to server: Permission denied
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Answer 1

your database is not running try

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres  start

assuming thats where your postgre data directory is