On 7/31/23 05:47, Amn Ojee Uw wrote:
> In my Debian 12, I have removed the following apps from my system by
> using the following commands:
>
> /*sudo apt-*//*get*//*–purge *//*remove*//*postgresql postgresql*//*-15*//*postgresql-client-common postgresql-common
postgresql-contrib*//**//*sudoapt-*//*get*//*–purge *//*remove*//*postgresql
postgresql*//*-12*//*postgresql-client-commonpostgresql-common postgresql-contrib*/
I believe this
sudo apt-get –purge remove ...
should be:
sudo apt-get remove –purge ...
or simpler
sudo apt-get purge ...
As it is you just remove(ed) the files except for the configuration files.
>
> and then used*sudo**apt autoremove* to remove whatever was left dangling
> there. However, after using *dpkg -l | grep postgres* command, I get this?
>
> **
>
> *dpkg -l | grep postgres*
> rc postgresql-12 12.15-1.pgdg120+1 amd64 The
> World's Most Advanced Open Source Relational Database
> rc postgresql-15 15.3-1.pgdg120+1 amd64 The
> World's Most Advanced Open Source Relational Database
> rc postgresql-client-common 250.pgdg120+1
> all manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versions
> rc postgresql-common 250.pgdg120+1 all
> PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
> rc postgresql-pljava-common 1.6.4-2.pgdg120+1
> all Java procedural language for PostgreSQL, config files
>
> -----------------------------
>
> The above clearly shows that *dpkg*, and therefore my Debian 12, still
> recognize the existence of these packages. When trying to remove them
> *apt remove,* it fails to find them.
>
> How can I completely remove PostgreSQL-xx.xx from my system?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
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