> an update on that,
>
> [racket@ibmlap postgresql-8.1.3]$ rpm -qa | grep postgresql*
> postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG
> postgresql-8.1.3-1PGDG
> postgresql-libs-8.1.3-1PGDG
> [racket@ibmlap postgresql-8.1.3]$ sudo /bin/rpm -e
> postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG
> error reading information on service postgresql: No such file or directory
> error: %preun(postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686) scriptlet failed, exit
> status 1
> [racket@ibmlap postgresql-8.1.3]$ sudo /bin/rpm -e postgresql-8.1.3-1PGDG
> error: Failed dependencies:
> postgresql = 8.1.3 is needed by (installed)
> postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686
> [racket@ibmlap postgresql-8.1.3]$ sudo /bin/rpm -e
> postgresql-libs-8.1.3-1PGDG
> error: Failed dependencies:
> libpq.so is needed by (installed) postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686
> libpq.so.4 is needed by (installed) postgresql-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686
> libpq.so.4 is needed by (installed)
> postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686
If you want to use rpm to do this, then you should run 'rpm -qa
postgres\*' to see what rpms you need to get rid of, and then rpm -e
them all on one line..... OR.. you can do this the easy/proper way
with yum and simply do 'yum remove postresql' and let yum do the hard
work for you.
I'd also recommend using the repository file on dev.centos.org to let
yum do the installing for you. There are a couple compat-libs packages
you need to make postgresql work with php etc.
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