Postgresql Install Problems and Mac OS X

I'm trying to reinstall Postgresql on my Mac (running 10.3.2) and
running into bizarre things that I haven't experienced before.
Anyone here know anything about running Postgresql on the OS X
platform?

The latest issue I'm having is that I'm trying to run createdb to
create the test database.  Here's the error message:

Computer:~ postgres$ /usr/local/bin/createdb test
createdb: could not connect to database template1: could not connect
to server: No such file or directory
         Is the server running locally and accepting
         connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
Lola-Lees-Computer:~ postgres$

Yes, server is running (I have the startup script loaded in the
/Library/Startup folder), far as I can tell.

I'm using the Liyange package from http://www.entropy.ch, if this helps.

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