psql: error: could not connect to server: could not connect to server: No such file or directory.

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Error: psql: error: could not connect to server: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

Solution: sudo su - postgres initdb --locale en_US.UTF-8 -D /var/lib/postgres/data exit sudo systemctl start postgresql sudo systemctl status postgresql