Re: help! - how to get postgres 7.3 back

[Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

On Friday 09 January 2004 15:02, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:24:33 +0000
>
> Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net> wrote:
> > Running sid.  postgresql is now 7.4,  but won't open until I
> > upgrade the database, which I can't without 7.3.  What do I do?
>
> You can specify a version when calling apt-get, read the manpage for
> info on that.

Yes, I did try but sources.list would have had to be altered, and I was 
unsure which of the many entries to change. So I opted to try the other 
suggestion:
>
> You can also get the packages at
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/postgresql/
> and install with dpkg.

this is what happened:
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dpkg -i /home/richard/files/temp/postgres*.deb
dpkg - warning: downgrading postgresql-client from 7.4.1-1 to 7.3.4-9.
(Reading database ... 148728 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace postgresql-client 7.4.1-1 (using .../
postgresql-client_7.3.4-9_i386.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement postgresql-client ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading postgresql from 7.4.1-1 to 7.3.4-9.
dpkg: regarding .../postgresql_7.3.4-9_i386.deb containing postgresql:
 libpgtcl conflicts with postgresql (<< 7.4)
  postgresql (version 7.3.4-9) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /home/richard/files/temp/
postgresql_7.3.4-9_i386.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing postgresql
Setting up postgresql-client (7.3.4-9) ...

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/richard/files/temp/postgresql_7.3.4-9_i386.deb
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Anyone help me out here.  Is it saying I have to find an earlier version 
of libpgtcl somewhere?  And if so, where?

-- 
richard