You should execute like this: # aptitude purge postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-common Then there may be other packages to be removed, just do that.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:08:30AM +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote: >Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:08:30 +0100 >From: Frank Bonnet <f.bon...@esiee.fr> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: how to remove postgresql package that don't want to be ? > >Hello I'm trying to remove the postgresql package without success ... >any info welcome > ># aptitude remove posgresql >Reading package lists... Done >Building dependency tree >Reading state information... Done >Reading extended state information >Initializing package states... Done >Writing extended state information... Done >Reading task descriptions... Done >Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "posgresql" >Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "posgresql" >No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. >0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. >Writing extended state information... Done >Reading package lists... Done >Building dependency tree >Reading state information... Done >Reading extended state information >Initializing package states... Done >Reading task descriptions... Done > ># aptitude purge posgresql >Reading package lists... Done >Building dependency tree >Reading state information... Done >Reading extended state information >Initializing package states... Done >Reading task descriptions... Done >Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "posgresql" >Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "posgresql" >No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. >0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. >Reading package lists... Done >Building dependency tree >Reading state information... Done >Reading extended state information >Initializing package states... Done >Reading task descriptions... Done > >h1n1:~# dpkg -l | grep postgres >pi postgresql-8.3 8.3.9-0lenny1 >object-relational SQL database, version 8.3 server >ii postgresql-client-8.3 8.3.9-0lenny1 front-end >programs for PostgreSQL 8.3 >ii postgresql-client-common 94lenny1 >manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versions >ii postgresql-common 94lenny1 PostgreSQL >database-cluster manager > > >-- >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/4ba34d1e.4090...@esiee.fr -- 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/20100319102014.ga4...@qgz.qgz
