You want to use apt-get purge to remove it completely. and keep the
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Mohammed Rashad
<mohammedrashadkm@gmail.com> wrote:
> I installed using apt-get install postgresql-8.4
> and it worked correctly for me
> today when i tried to start postgresql server using
> /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 restart it not starting now
> will you please tell me how to completely remove postgresql from my system
> and do a fresh install.?
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Mohammed Rashad
>> <mohammedrashadkm@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I am running ubuntu 10.04
>> > I have problem installing postgresql-8.4
>> > when i tried to start postgresql
>> > /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start
>> > I am getting this error
>> > * Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server
>> > * Error: could not exec
>> > /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl
>> > start
>> > -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main -l
>> > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.4-main.log -s -o -c
>> > config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" :
>>
>> I run ubuntu 10.04 and postgresql 8.4 just fine. Could you provide
>> more info on how you've instaled 8.4? Was it through a normal apt-get
>> install method? Or did you download some .deb packages somewhere and
>> dpkg install them? Or compile by hand and using the service scripts
>> that come with pgsql?
>>
>> The more you tell us how you've done things, the more we can help.
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> Rashad
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