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Re: postgres install error from apt



I was able to get postgresql 6.5-3 working running through the install twice as Oliver describes.  Once it was complete psql worked as it did
before.

Doug

Oliver Elphick wrote:

> Pollywog wrote:
>   >
>   >
>   >Does anyone know what the problem might be?
>   >
>   >
>   >running dpkg --pending --configure
>   >...
>   >Setting up postgresql-pl (6.5-3) ...
>   >Enabling the PL procedural language in all PostgreSQL databases...
>   >Could not execv /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/psql
>   >Cannot select databases
>   >dpkg: error processing postgresql-pl (--configure):
>   > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
>   >Errors were encountered while processing:
>   > postgresql-pl
>
> There was a filename clash between libpgsql2 and a previous release of postgresql.  You will probably find that libpgsql2 is not properly
> installed.  This was because the psql executable was moved between the two
> packages and I seem to have messed up the procedure slightly.  psql is used
> by postgresql-pl's postinst script, which is why you have this problem.
>
> Make sure that libpgsql2 is properly installed (which will work fine the
> second time around), and you will then be able to configure postgresql-pl.
>
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