Uninstall mess Postgresql 7.3.4, 8.1.4 on Redhat 9

[MargaretGillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I had two versions of postgresql running
on a Redhat 9 server. Today I shut down the 7.3.4 version and uninstalled
it using the RPM's. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, this deleted the
postgres user account and the system's knowledge of the  posgresql
8.1.4 software. The system will no longer run 8.1.4 even when I go to the
/bin/ to run the commands. The data is still present and so is the 8.1.4
software. I remade the postgres account on the server and gave it permission's
to 8.1.4 directories but still no dice. I have multiple backups of the
database that are okay. 

Would my best bet be to download and
install 8.2.5 and import the backup?  Or do I need to get 8.1.4 running,
and how do I do that?  

Please reply to me as well as the list
as I am on the digest version. 

TIA
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Margaret Gillon, IS Dept., Chromalloy Los Angeles, ext. 297

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