Hai I have a problem here. I use Etch. I have installed a postgresql package from debian backports, with the following command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #apt-get -t etch-backports install postgresql-8.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It installed ythe following dependancies also. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- libpq5 postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- After some time I tried to uninstall these packages, But the package postgresql-8.3 remains still. Its not getting un installed, and system became broken. In synaptic it shows this message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synaptic E: postgresql-8.3: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I tried in dpkg It shows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #dpkg --remove postgresql-8.3 (Reading database ... 196875 files and directories currently installed.) 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 Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- tried with apt-get ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # apt-get remove postgresql-8.3 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: postgresql-8.3 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 13.9MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 196875 files and directories currently installed.) 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 Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.3 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) localhost:/home/user# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-client-common Suggested packages: postgresql-8.3 postgresql-doc-8.3 The following packages will be REMOVED: postgresql-8.3 The following NEW packages will be installed: postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-client-common 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1657kB of archives. After unpacking 9118kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! postgresql-client-8.3 Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y (Reading database ... 196875 files and directories currently installed.) 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 Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.3 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) localhost:/home/user# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any possible way to fix this?? Please.... I want to remove it and fix my system, that I can install and/or upgrade a lower version of postgreSQL. Please suggest me a working way.
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