In Rails, Couldn't create database for {“adapter”=>“postgresql”,

Question

I\'m trying to run rake db:create or rake db:setup but I get the following error. It\'s strange because rake db:create it\'s working f

Answer 1

First, you will need to create your user manually in Postgres, while granting privilege of database creation (AKA createdb) for this user.

To do so, first, open Postgres shell prompt

$ sudo -u postgres psql

Create your user

postgres=# create role Your_DB_username with createdb login password 'YOUR_PASSWORD';

Exit from Postgres shell

postgres=# \q

Do whatever db-related rake task:

$ rake db:create

And it will work!