Hello Martin, On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 11:19:37PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > > Nope, unless I missed something, you cannot purge a non-installed > > package (sometimes I wish one could): > > remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-get --purge remove postgresql > > 'dpkg -P postgresql postgresql-client' does the trick. My current > version mentions this in the debconf note.
Thanks, this worked. > > Also I cannot install postgresql: > > remaxp:~# apt-cache policy postgresql > > postgresql: > > Installiert:(keine) > > Mögliche Pakete:7.5.19 > > Versions-Tabelle: > > 7.5.19 0 > > 500 http://127.0.0.1 etch/main Packages > > 7.4.7-6sarge1 0 > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-get install postgresql > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > > that package should be filed. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > postgresql: Depends: postgresql-7.4 but it is not installable > > Depends: postgresql-client (>= 7.5) but it is not going to be > > installed > > Strange.. What does 'apt-cache madison postgresql-client postgresql-7.4' say? > (I assume they are available, and some stupid Conflicts: is breaking it, > though.) postgresql-client | 7.5.19 | http://127.0.0.1 etch/main Packages postgresql-client | 7.4.7-6sarge2 | http://127.0.0.1 sarge/updates/main Packages Greetings Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/
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