Step 1
1.1 sudo less /etc/postgresql/8.4/main/pg_hba.conf
1.2 local all sameuser trust
1.3 local all all trust
1.4 host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
1.5 host all all ::1/128 trust
Step 2
2.1 sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 restart
Step 3
3.1 Set password for user postgres
References
Ubuntu Help - PostgreSQL
Postgres authentication failure
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$ pip install yolk --> helps trace python packages that are old (see pytz error below)
Use PIL-1.1.6.tar.gz instead of PIL-1.1.7 at "$ pip install http://dist.repoze.org/PIL-1.1.7.tar"
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$ pip install http://dist.repoze.org/PIL-1.1.6.tar --> instead of 1.1.7.tar
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