On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Daniel Verite <dan...@manitou-mail.org>wrote:
> Jennifer Trey wrote: > > > >> locate pg_config > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/pg_config > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/include/ecpg_config.h > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/include/pg_config.h > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/include/pg_config_manual.h > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/include/pg_config_os.h > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/include/postgresql/server/pg_config.h > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/include/postgresql/server/pg_config_manual.h > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/include/postgresql/server/pg_config_os.h > > /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/share/man/man1/pg_config.1 > > /usr/bin/pg_config > > /usr/share/man/man1/pg_config.1.gz > > > >> echo $PATH > > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > > > > I am guessing I should delete the pg_config (or else there would be a > > conflict, right?) in the /usr/bin > > Actually you should restrain from doing that, because it would break the > package that installed that file, and then your system would become harder > to > manage in the long run. It's better to act at the package level with the > dpkg > command. > > /usr/bin/pg_config is part of the libpq-dev package (this can be found with > dpkg -S /usr/bin/pg_config) > > Probably you haven't uninstalled this package, which you can check by > running: > dpkg -s libpq-dev (look at the Status field). In this case, remove it > (apt-get remove libpq-dev) > Thanks.Yes, it was still there. I un-installed it. Should I still add the pg_config to the $PATH ? >> export PATH=/opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/:$PATH > You can also remove the postgresql-common and postgresql-client-8.3 > packages > if they're still there and you want to avoid any possible conflict with > your > other postgresql installation. > dpkg -l 'postgresql*' also displays the list of most PG-related packages > and > whether they're installed or not. > r...@ubuntu-904-jaunty-64-minimal:~# dpkg -l 'postgresql*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==========================-==========================-==================================================================== pn postgresql <none> (no description available) un postgresql-7.4 <none> (no description available) un postgresql-8.0 <none> (no description available) rc postgresql-8.3 8.3.7-1 object-relational SQL database, version 8.3 server pn postgresql-client <none> (no description available) pn postgresql-client-8.3 <none> (no description available) pn postgresql-client-common <none> (no description available) rc postgresql-common 97 PostgreSQL database-cluster manager un postgresql-dev <none> (no description available) un postgresql-doc-8.3 <none> (no description available) Looks fine? > > Is there other things that could have been destroyed by the bad > > un-installment other than pg_config or was that it ? > > It doesn't look like the uninstallation of the server itself has gone bad > in > any way. You mentioned removing the package without stopping the server > beforehand, but personally I doubt that the package uninstall process > doesn't > do it automatically. > Ok, that's good to hear. I must have missed un-installing the package mentioned above. What I did was to uninstall the postgresql-common which then removed some other depending packages.I am not sure how this package got installed. > Best regards, > -- > Daniel > PostgreSQL-powered mail user agent and storage: > http://www.manitou-mail.org > Sincerely / Jennifer
