psql 崩溃：m1 Mac 上没有这样的文件或目录

Question

I was coding and suddenly my mac froze, I couldn't really do much and I force shutdown my mac and after restarting my code won't run saying it can't connect to the database. I checked if psql had any issue and this error message pops up. "psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory. Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?" I tried everything to fix even trying to reinstall psql and nothing works. I found a tutorial online saying to check the /usr/local/var/postgres and deleting ostmaster.pid. But I can't find that file anywhere. My /usr/local is also a bit different, I don't have these files var/postgres. I'm freaking out rn:'(

Answer 1

Try checking the environment variables on your pc and check to see if psql is in the path. this make fix the issue

Answer 2

Nvm just fixed it, the file is under homebrew. I deleted it and now everything works again!