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+.. note::
+
+    The following commands should be executed only after running the postgres server. To run 
+    postgres server, execute the command- ``service postgresql start``. 
+    
+    
 Check that |postgres| was installed correctly by listing the existing databases::
 
     sudo -u postgres psql -l