Re: removing postgres
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-client-8.3 [8.3.12-0lenny1] 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 20.8MB ... 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 Ok, so the installed package is broken. What message do you get when you try to reinstall that package? As a brute-force method, you could edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.prerm and insert 'exit 0' in the second line or so. J. -- A passionate argument means more to me than a blockbuster movie. [Agree] [Disagree] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: removing postgres
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 this did the trick. Now I have working postgresql server! Therefore we can finish here. As a brute-force method, you could edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.prerm and insert 'exit 0' in the second line or so. Thank You again for the interesting work around! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd1ab64.d07b0e0a.7967.0...@mx.google.com
removing postgres
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 (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of postgresql-client-8.3: postgresql-8.3 depends on postgresql-client-8.3. dpkg: error processing postgresql-client-8.3 (--remove): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 Is there a way I can perform this? (Or it is just my destiny - to live w/ it? :) Thank You for Your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd04887.cb7b0e0a.6b22.a...@mx.google.com
Re: removing postgres
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Sthu Deus sthu.d...@gmail.com 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: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.3 (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of postgresql-client-8.3: postgresql-8.3 depends on postgresql-client-8.3. dpkg: error processing postgresql-client-8.3 (--remove): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 Is there a way I can perform this? (Or it is just my destiny - to live w/ it? :) Try reinstalling and uninstalling: aptitude reinstall postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-8.3 aptitude remove postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-8.3 Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin+vzs-fscsnfydmpwzrn-v6fa3eof5ba6h9...@mail.gmail.com
Re: removing postgres
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] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: removing postgres
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 this is the very reason why I remove postgres - I need it, but it is of no worth to me as long as it does not work - it just takes my disc space. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd0e502.cc7e0e0a.1b2a.c...@mx.google.com
Re: removing postgres
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've tried that already. Please check this: The following packages will be REMOVED: postgresql-8.3 [8.3.11-0lenny1] postgresql-client-8.3 [8.3.12-0lenny1] 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 20.8MB ... 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 (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: postgresql-client-8.3: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: postgresql-8.3 depends on postgresql-client-8.3. Removing postgresql-client-8.3 ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-client-8.3.prerm: line 8: /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing postgresql-client-8.3 (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-client-8.3.postinst: line 5: /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions: No such file or directory dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd0e70f.ce7c0e0a.0cf1.c...@mx.google.com
