PostgreSQL: Why psql can't connect to server?

Question

I typed psql and I get this:

psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
    Is the server running locally and accepting
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Answer 1

I had the similar issue and the problem was in the config file pg_hba.conf. I had earlier made some changes which was causing the server to error out while trying to start it. Commenting out the extra additions solved the problem.