On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:57 AM, David Bear <david.b...@asu.edu> wrote:
> While running a yum update on a system, the update fails with the message: > > Transaction Check Error: > package postgresql-libs-8.3.11-1PGDG.el5.x86_64 (which is newer than > postgresql-libs-8.1.22-1.el5_5.1.i386) is already installed > > > I've checked, and I don't have postgresql-libs-8.1.22-1.el5_5.1.i386 > installed. I've installed postgresql from the pgdg rpm. > > I've modified all the /etc/yum.repos.d/ files to exclude=postgresql* > > I have /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-83.repo that gets v8.3 . > > I don't know why rpm thinks I have something else installed. I just need to > know how to clear the error. > > Anyone have any pointers? > run rpm -qa | grep postgres - you'll see which postgresql packages are installed. If you'll find there any 8.1 packages, remove them and install compat-postgresql-libs from the pgdg repo instead. -- Vladimir Rusinov http://greenmice.info/
