Socket File “/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432” Missing In Mountain Lion (OS X Server)

Question

I just upgraded my MacMini Server from Lion Server to Mountain Lion using OS X Server. I am having the same problem with PostgreSQL that I did last year when I first instal

Answer 1

First remove the installed postgres:

sudo apt-get purge postgr*
sudo apt-get autoremove

Then install 'synaptic':

sudo apt-get install synaptic
sudo apt-get update

Then install Postgres

sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib