Re: removing postgres

2010-11-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Jochen: > Ok, so the installed package is broken. What message do you get when > you try to reinstall that package? Well. I have installed again: postgresql-client-common postgresql-common , did change ownership (user and group to postgres) of my cluster and

Re: removing postgres

2010-11-03 Thread Jochen Schulz
Sthu Deus: > Jochen: >> >> Why do you use dpkg for that? Have you tried apt-get or aptitude? I >> guess they will do what you want to achieve. >> >> J. > > I've tried that already. Please check this: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > postgresql-8.3 [8.3.11-0lenny1] postgresql-cli

Re: removing postgres

2010-11-02 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Jochen: > Sthu Deus: > > > > I can not remove the following: > > > > $ sudo /usr/bin/dpkg -r postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 > > Why do you use dpkg for that? Have you tried apt-get or aptitude? I > guess they will do what you want to achieve. > > J. I

Re: removing postgres

2010-11-02 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Javier: > aptitude reinstall postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-8.3 > aptitude remove postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-8.3 I have tried already that method and I got the same problem. - Some install script complains about failure on some option start. - Actually

Re: removing postgres

2010-11-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Sthu Deus: > > I can not remove the following: > > $ sudo /usr/bin/dpkg -r postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 Why do you use dpkg for that? Have you tried apt-get or aptitude? I guess they will do what you want to achieve. J. -- Americans have a better life. [Agree] [Disagree]

Re: removing postgres

2010-11-02 Thread Javier Barroso
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > I can not remove the following: > > $ sudo /usr/bin/dpkg -r postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 > Removing postgresql-8.3 ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.prerm: line > 17: /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions:

removing postgres

2010-11-02 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. I can not remove the following: $ sudo /usr/bin/dpkg -r postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 Removing postgresql-8.3 ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.prerm: line 17: /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.3