'Cannot start Postgres on port 5432

I just installed postgres.app, but when I try to start the server I get the following error:

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After checking some answers in a similar thread I verified that my PATH is defined correctly and that no other process is running on port 5432:

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So what's going on with port 5432?

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Solution 1:[1]

Simple solution. Uninstalled and reinstalled and now everything works on port 5432. Very strange error, I am curious if anyone has any ideas about how this happened.

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