Ok, that helped a little bit. The reason it could not connect to bongostore is that (for reasons passing understanding) my server had no loopback interface.

I am not sure why this is the case, but I added one using "ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1". Then, upon running the install again, I get a little feedback:
li89-109:~ # bongo-config -v install
IP address to run on [127.0.0.1]:
DNS name to use as main hostname: [localhost]:
Mail Domains (enter "" to end adding domains): []: theopendomain.org
Mail Domains (enter "" to end adding domains): []:
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/sbin/bongostore terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x48)[0xb79394c8]
/lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x0)[0xb7939480]
/usr/sbin/bongostore[0x8073d6d]
/usr/sbin/bongostore[0x80601e6]
/usr/sbin/bongostore[0x8056860]
/usr/sbin/bongostore[0x8075124]
/usr/lib/libbongonmap.so.0[0xb7ee47dd]
/usr/lib/libbongoutil.so.0[0xb7da88fe]
/lib/libpthread.so.0[0xb7ac4175]
/lib/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e)[0xb7923dce]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08083000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 83026 /usr/sbin/bongostore
08083000-08084000 r--p 0003a000 ca:00 83026 /usr/sbin/bongostore
08084000-08085000 rw-p 0003b000 ca:00 83026 /usr/sbin/bongostore
08085000-083fd000 rw-p 08085000 00:00 0 [heap]
b5b50000-b5b51000 ---p b5b50000 00:00 0
b5b51000-b6351000 rw-p b5b51000 00:00 0
b6351000-b6352000 ---p b6351000 00:00 0
b6352000-b6b52000 rw-p b6352000 00:00 0
b6b52000-b6b53000 ---p b6b52000 00:00 0
b6b53000-b73b6000 rw-p b6b53000 00:00 0
b73b6000-b73ba000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 249 /lib/libnss_dns-2.8.so
b73ba000-b73bb000 r--p 00003000 ca:00 249 /lib/libnss_dns-2.8.so
b73bb000-b73bc000 rw-p 00004000 ca:00 249 /lib/libnss_dns-2.8.so
b73be000-b73c1000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 106225 /usr/lib/bongo-auth/libauthsqlite3.so.0.0.0
b73c1000-b73c2000 r--p 00002000 ca:00 106225 /usr/lib/bongo-auth/libauthsqlite3.so.0.0.0
b73c2000-b73c3000 rw-p 00003000 ca:00 106225 /usr/lib/bongo-auth/libauthsqlite3.so.0.0.0
b73c3000-b7402000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14263 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_CTYPE
b7402000-b7403000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14245 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
b7403000-b7404000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 11842 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TIME
b7404000-b74e8000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14264 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_COLLATE
b74e8000-b74e9000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 11841 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MONETARY
b74e9000-b74f0000 r--s 00000000 ca:00 8264 /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
b74f0000-b74f9000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 251 /lib/libnss_files-2.8.so
b74f9000-b74fa000 r--p 00008000 ca:00 251 /lib/libnss_files-2.8.so
b74fa000-b74fb000 rw-p 00009000 ca:00 251 /lib/libnss_files-2.8.so
b74fb000-b7503000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 255 /lib/libnss_nis-2.8.so
b7503000-b7504000 r--p 00007000 ca:00 255 /lib/libnss_nis-2.8.so
b7504000-b7505000 rw-p 00008000 ca:00 255 /lib/libnss_nis-2.8.so
b7505000-b7518000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 245 /lib/libnsl-2.8.so
b7518000-b7519000 r--p 00012000 ca:00 245 /lib/libnsl-2.8.so
b7519000-b751a000 rw-p 00013000 ca:00 245 /lib/libnsl-2.8.so
b751a000-b751c000 rw-p b751a000 00:00 0
b751c000-b7523000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 247 /lib/libnss_compat-2.8.so
b7523000-b7524000 r--p 00006000 ca:00 247 /lib/libnss_compat-2.8.so
b7524000-b7525000 rw-p 00007000 ca:00 247 /lib/libnss_compat-2.8.so
b7525000-b7528000 rw-p b7525000 00:00 0
b7528000-b752f000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6630 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b752f000-b7530000 r--p 00006000 ca:00 6630 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b7530000-b7531000 rw-p 00007000 ca:00 6630 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b7531000-b7548000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6647 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.22
b7548000-b7549000 r--p 00016000 ca:00 6647 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.22
b7549000-b754a000 rw-p 00017000 ca:00 6647 /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.22
b754a000-b754b000 rw-p b754a000 00:00 0
b754b000-b7558000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6688 /usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2.0.5
b7558000-b7559000 r--p 0000c000 ca:00 6688 /usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2.0.5
b7559000-b755a000 rw-p 0000d000 ca:00 6688 /usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2.0.5
b755a000-b756c000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 271 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3
b756c000-b756d000 r--p 00011000 ca:00 271 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3
b756d000-b756e000 rw-p 00012000 ca:00 271 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3
b756e000-b7570000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 299 /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
b7570000-b7571000 r--p 00001000 ca:00 299 /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
b7571000-b7572000 rw-p 00002000 ca:00 299 /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
b7572000-b7574000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 321 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
b7574000-b7575000 r--p 00001000 ca:00 321 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
b7575000-b7576000 rw-p 00002000 ca:00 321 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
b7576000-b7577000 rw-p b7576000 00:00 0
b7577000-b759a000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6618 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b759a000-b759b000 r--p 00022000 ca:00 6618 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b759b000-b759c000 rw-p 00023000 ca:00 6618 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b759c000-b762d000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6628 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b762d000-b762f000 r--p 00090000 ca:00 6628 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b762f000-b7630000 rw-p 00092000 ca:00 6628 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b7630000-b7659000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6614 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b7659000-b765a000 r--p 00028000 ca:00 6614 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b765a000-b765b000 rw-p 00029000 ca:00 6614 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b765b000-b7698000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6690 /usr/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2.0.5
b7698000-b7699000 r--p 0003c000 ca:00 6690 /usr/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2.0.5
b7699000-b769a000 rw-p 0003d000 ca:00 6690 /usr/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2.0.5
b769a000-b77c5000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 5656 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
b77c5000-b77cd000 r--p 0012a000 ca:00 5656 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
b77cd000-b77da000 rw-p 00132000 ca:00 5656 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
b77da000-b77de000 rw-p b77da000 00:00 0
b77de000-b781f000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 5657 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
b781f000-b7820000 r--p 00040000 ca:00 5657 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
b7820000-b7823000 rw-p 00041000 ca:00 5657 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
b7823000-b7824000 rw-p b7823000 00:00 0
b7824000-b7854000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 5783 /usr/lib/libidn.so.11.5.37
b7854000-b7855000 r--p 00030000 ca:00 5783 /usr/lib/libidn.so.11.5.37
b7855000-b7856000 rw-p 00031000 ca:00 5783 /usr/lib/libidn.so.11.5.37
b7856000-b7993000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 234 /lib/libc-2.8.so
b7993000-b7995000 r--p 0013d000 ca:00 234 /lib/libc-2.8.so
b7995000-b7996000 rw-p 0013f000 ca:00 234 /lib/libc-2.8.so
b7996000-b7999000 rw-p b7996000 00:00 0
b7999000-b79a5000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 317 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b79a5000-b79a6000 r--p 0000b000 ca:00 317 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b79a6000-b79a7000 rw-p 0000c000 ca:00 317 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b79a7000-b79cb000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 242 /lib/libm-2.8.so
b79cb000-b79cc000 r--p 00023000 ca:00 242 /lib/libm-2.8.so
b79cc000-b79cd000 rw-p 00024000 ca:00 242 /lib/libm-2.8.so
b79cd000-b7ab2000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 5716 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
b7ab2000-b7ab6000 r--p 000e5000 ca:00 5716 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
b7ab6000-b7ab7000 rw-p 000e9000 ca:00 5716 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
b7ab7000-b7abe000 rw-p b7ab7000 00:00 0
b7abe000-b7ad2000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 260 /lib/libpthread-2.8.so
b7ad2000-b7ad3000 r--p 00013000 ca:00 260 /lib/libpthread-2.8.so
b7ad3000-b7ad4000 rw-p 00014000 ca:00 260 /lib/libpthread-2.8.so
b7ad4000-b7ad6000 rw-p b7ad4000 00:00 0
b7ad6000-b7be0000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301629 /usr/lib/libclucene.so.0.0.0
b7be0000-b7be5000 r--p 0010a000 ca:00 301629 /usr/lib/libclucene.so.0.0.0
b7be5000-b7be7000 rw-p 0010f000 ca:00 301629 /usr/lib/libclucene.so.0.0.0
b7be7000-b7be8000 rw-p b7be7000 00:00 0
b7be8000-b7c6a000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301337 /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
b7c6a000-b7c6b000 r--p 00081000 ca:00 301337 /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
b7c6b000-b7c6c000 rw-p 00082000 ca:00 301337 /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
b7c6c000-b7c7b000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 262 /lib/libresolv-2.8.so
b7c7b000-b7c7c000 r--p 0000f000 ca:00 262 /lib/libresolv-2.8.so
b7c7c000-b7c7d000 rw-p 00010000 ca:00 262 /lib/libresolv-2.8.so
b7c7d000-b7c7f000 rw-p b7c7d000 00:00 0
b7c7f000-b7c82000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 316 /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
b7c82000-b7c83000 r--p 00002000 ca:00 316 /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
b7c83000-b7c84000 rw-p 00003000 ca:00 316 /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
b7c84000-b7cea000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 374 /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.4.3
b7cea000-b7ceb000 r--p 00065000 ca:00 374 /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.4.3
b7ceb000-b7ced000 rw-p 00066000 ca:00 374 /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.4.3
b7ced000-b7cee000 rw-p b7ced000 00:00 0
b7cee000-b7d72000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301639 /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.1.3
b7d72000-b7d77000 r--p 00084000 ca:00 301639 /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.1.3
b7d77000-b7d78000 rw-p 00089000 ca:00 301639 /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.1.3
b7d78000-b7d7f000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301667 /usr/lib/libbongoxpl.so.0.0.0
b7d7f000-b7d80000 r--p 00006000 ca:00 301667 /usr/lib/libbongoxpl.so.0.0.0
b7d80000-b7d81000 rw-p 00007000 ca:00 301667 /usr/lib/libbongoxpl.so.0.0.0
b7d81000-b7da3000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301657 /usr/lib/libbongomemmgr.so.0.0.0
b7da3000-b7da4000 r--p 00021000 ca:00 301657 /usr/lib/libbongomemmgr.so.0.0.0
b7da4000-b7da5000 rw-p 00022000 ca:00 301657 /usr/lib/libbongomemmgr.so.0.0.0
b7da5000-b7daf000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301665 /usr/lib/libbongoutil.so.0.0.0
b7daf000-b7db0000 r--p 00009000 ca:00 301665 /usr/lib/libbongoutil.so.0.0.0
b7db0000-b7db1000 rw-p 0000a000 ca:00 301665 /usr/lib/libbongoutil.so.0.0.0
b7db1000-b7db3000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 240 /lib/libdl-2.8.so
b7db3000-b7db4000 r--p 00001000 ca:00 240 /lib/libdl-2.8.so
b7db4000-b7db5000 rw-p 00002000 ca:00 240 /lib/libdl-2.8.so
b7db5000-b7df6000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301633 /usr/lib/libical-bongo.so.0.0.0
b7df6000-b7df8000 r--p 00040000 ca:00 301633 /usr/lib/libical-bongo.so.0.0.0
b7df8000-b7e01000 rw-p 00042000 ca:00 301633 /usr/lib/libical-bongo.so.0.0.0
b7e01000-b7e03000 rw-p b7e01000 00:00 0
b7e03000-b7e3e000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 6707 /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4.0.1
b7e3e000-b7e3f000 r--p 0003b000 ca:00 6707 /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4.0.1
b7e3f000-b7e40000 rw-p 0003c000 ca:00 6707 /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4.0.1
b7e40000-b7e55000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301631 /usr/lib/libbongolog4c.so.0.0.0
b7e55000-b7e56000 r--p 00014000 ca:00 301631 /usr/lib/libbongolog4c.so.0.0.0
b7e56000-b7e57000 rw-p 00015000 ca:00 301631 /usr/lib/libbongolog4c.so.0.0.0
b7e57000-b7ebc000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301663 /usr/lib/libbongostreamio.so.0.0.0
b7ebc000-b7ebd000 r--p 00064000 ca:00 301663 /usr/lib/libbongostreamio.so.0.0.0
b7ebd000-b7ebf000 rw-p 00065000 ca:00 301663 /usr/lib/libbongostreamio.so.0.0.0
b7ebf000-b7ec7000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301653 /usr/lib/libbongoconnio.so.0.0.0
b7ec7000-b7ec8000 r--p 00007000 ca:00 301653 /usr/lib/libbongoconnio.so.0.0.0
b7ec8000-b7ec9000 rw-p 00008000 ca:00 301653 /usr/lib/libbongoconnio.so.0.0.0
b7ec9000-b7eca000 rw-p b7ec9000 00:00 0
b7eca000-b7ecf000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301655 /usr/lib/libbongologger.so.0.0.0
b7ecf000-b7ed0000 r--p 00004000 ca:00 301655 /usr/lib/libbongologger.so.0.0.0
b7ed0000-b7ed1000 rw-p 00005000 ca:00 301655 /usr/lib/libbongologger.so.0.0.0
b7ed1000-b7ede000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301659 /usr/lib/libbongomsgapi.so.0.0.0
b7ede000-b7edf000 r--p 0000c000 ca:00 301659 /usr/lib/libbongomsgapi.so.0.0.0
b7edf000-b7ee0000 rw-p 0000d000 ca:00 301659 /usr/lib/libbongomsgapi.so.0.0.0
b7ee0000-b7ee1000 rw-p b7ee0000 00:00 0
b7ee1000-b7eea000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301661 /usr/lib/libbongonmap.so.0.0.0
b7eea000-b7eeb000 r--p 00008000 ca:00 301661 /usr/lib/libbongonmap.so.0.0.0
b7eeb000-b7eec000 rw-p 00009000 ca:00 301661 /usr/lib/libbongonmap.so.0.0.0
b7eec000-b7f08000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301649 /usr/lib/libbongocal.so.0.0.0
b7f08000-b7f09000 r--p 0001b000 ca:00 301649 /usr/lib/libbongocal.so.0.0.0
b7f09000-b7f0b000 rw-p 0001c000 ca:00 301649 /usr/lib/libbongocal.so.0.0.0
b7f0b000-b7f11000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 301647 /usr/lib/libbongo-json.so.0.0.0
b7f11000-b7f12000 r--p 00005000 ca:00 301647 /usr/lib/libbongo-json.so.0.0.0
b7f12000-b7f13000 rw-p 00006000 ca:00 301647 /usr/lib/libbongo-json.so.0.0.0
b7f13000-b7f14000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14238 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
b7f14000-b7f15000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14168 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_PAPER
b7f15000-b7f16000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14187 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NAME
b7f16000-b7f17000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 11838 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
b7f17000-b7f18000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14155 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
b7f18000-b7f19000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 14156 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
b7f19000-b7f1a000 r--p 00000000 ca:00 11839 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
b7f1a000-b7f1b000 rw-p b7f1a000 00:00 0
b7f1b000-b7f1c000 r-xp b7f1b000 00:00 0 [vdso]
b7f1c000-b7f37000 r-xp 00000000 ca:00 227 /lib/ld-2.8.so
b7f37000-b7f38000 r--p 0001a000 ca:00 227 /lib/ld-2.8.so
b7f38000-b7f39000 rw-p 0001b000 ca:00 227 /lib/ld-2.8.so
bf92c000-bf942000 rw-p bf92c000 00:00 0 [stack]
ERROR: Couldn't access store
So then I tried starting bongostore manually ("bongostore &") and then ran it again and got:
li89-109:~ # bongostore &
[1] 9264
li89-109:~ # bongo-config -v install
IP address to run on [127.0.0.1]:
DNS name to use as main hostname: [localhost]:
Mail Domains (enter "" to end adding domains): []: theopendomain.org
Mail Domains (enter "" to end adding domains): []:
ERROR: Could not authenticate to store
This will probably be easier for you guys to help me troubleshoot.
Thanks for your continued help!
Josh