Siddharth Jain <siddhsql@gmail.com> writes: > But when I try to start the server I get this:
> 2023-03-07 17:16:43.228 PST [25925] LOG: could not bind IPv6 address > "::1": Address already in use > 2023-03-07 17:16:43.228 PST [25925] HINT: Is another postmaster already > running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and retry. > 2023-03-07 17:16:43.228 PST [25925] LOG: could not bind IPv4 address > "127.0.0.1": Address already in use > 2023-03-07 17:16:43.228 PST [25925] HINT: Is another postmaster already > running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and retry.
That's pretty clear I think: the ports are already bound.
> I ran: > netstat -ln -p tcp | grep 5432 > and there is no output.
This is the wrong incantation for this purpose. Try
netstat -an -p tcp | grep 5432
I expect you'll see a couple of ports in LISTEN state. Unfortunately, netstat is not much help at locating the processes listening to such ports. This might be more help:
