rake db:create throws “database does not exist” error with postgresql

Question

I\'m using rails 4.1.5 with postgresql 9.1 under Debian 7, and I\'m not able to create a database in my development environment. When I run

bin/rake db:create
         


        

Answer 1

Here is the list of commands I run at each deployment (including the first one)

//create pids folder if no yet
mkdir -p tmp/pids

//create dbs if no yet
bundle exec rake db:create

//run all new migrations
bundle exec rails db:migrate

//seed db with data if required
bundle exec rake db:seed

//start the server with config
bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb