On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 05:44:27PM +0000, Howard News wrote: > Thanks David, > > Unfortunately my cluster wont start - I am not entirely sure on the state of > postgresql-9.0, this is the output from dpkd --list > > > > rc postgresql-9.0 9.0.4-1~lucid1 object-relational SQL database, version > 9.0 Per the heading printed by dpkg --list, this means the package is in the removed state, but it's config files are still present. "apt-get install postgresql-9.0" should be all required. David > ii postgresql-9.1 9.1.20-1.pgdg1 object-relational SQL database, version > 9.1 > ii postgresql-9.2 9.2.15-1.pgdg1 object-relational SQL database, version > 9.2 > > Does this mean it is removed? > > On 24/03/2016 17:34, David Wilson wrote: > >Hi Howard, > > > >So long as you haven't touched anything else, simply reinstalling the > >package should restore your cluster. Debian packages only do > >initialization if the data directories are missing. > > > > > >David > > > >On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 05:29:23PM +0000, Howard News wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I uninstalled the wrong version of postgres on Ubuntu using apt-get remove > >>postgresql-9.0, convinced that this was an old unused version. You guess the > >>rest... > >> > >>The data files still appear to be there, all 485GB of them. Can these be > >>restored? > >> > >>Thanks. > > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general