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Install postgresql. Unmet dependencie “ postgresql-common”

I'm trying to install postgis on Ubuntu 13.04. I've attempted to follow a number of different blogs and wikis on line, but always run in to the same problem... $sudo apt-get install postgis ...
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Got “Package operation failed” error while installing postgresql using ubuntu software center

I am trying to install JDownloader. But, while installing it using sudo apt-get install jdownloader, I got some error. Like this: j@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install jdownloader Reading package lists... ...
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How to install apt-get package manager [closed]

I am booting Ubuntu via VirtualBox. PostgreSQL 8.0 is already installed in the disk image I am using. Now I want to upgrade the PostgreSQL database to a higher version. I tried using: apt-get upgrade ...
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How to setup DB in postgresql 9.2.4 on 12.04.2 LTS

I THINK I have PostgreSQL running correctly on my box: I have a PID and I see that postgres is "listening" on port 5432. I'm trying to create a DB to experiment with, using the "Book" db outlined in ...
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ldap postgresql backend segmentation fault

I am running the latest version of LDAP on XUbuntu 12.4 LTS and it works pretty fine as long as I use hdb or bdb as the backend. Nevertheless when I change the backend to sql and try to restart the ...
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13.04 Upgrade Options from Terminal

I will be upgrading a production server from 12.10 to 13.04 from the terminal. I encountered issues upgrading my notebook which resulted in uninstalling PostgreSQL 9.2 (full details here). This ...
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How to install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 13.04?

How to install PostgreSQL in Ubuntu 13.04? I followed by this tutorial, How to install postgreSQL 9-2 - UbuntuGeek.com But in logs it says: the package is deprecated and no longer will be used ...
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Is there a way to install specific Postgresql driver version

I need to install a specific version(version 9.1.5)of Postgresql Driver for PHP, I am currently using version 9.1.8 and I do not know if the driver version is causing the errors on my code. I am ...
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Postgres - could not create shared memory segment: Invalid argument

Shmmax, Shmall, I just can't win ;) I've tried changing around my /etc/sysctl.d/30-postgresql-shm.conf file a fair bit uncommenting and changing the kernel.shmmax and kernel.shmall a bit but it ...
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Uninstall Postgresql 9.1.1

I have Postgresql 9.1.1 in my Ubuntu 12.04 which got installed due to automatic upgrades and whenever I uninstall it using the command: sudo apt-get --purge remove postgresql-9.1.1 I get an error ...
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How do I downgrade PostgreSQLl?

In my ubuntu 12.04 x64 I installed PostgreSQL 8.4. It got automatically upgraded to 9.1.1. Due to some inconsistencies, I want to downgrade it to 8.4. How can I do this using the terminal?
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Installation of : Django-CMS+PostgreSQL+Ubuntu12.04 on a separate system user account

I am new to Django CMS and Ubuntu. I would like to install Django-CMS on a separate system user on Ubuntu, so that my python environment dedicated to Django-CMS would not conflict with other python ...
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Update postgresql with latest security update

PostgreSQL announced on the 4th of April a security update to its PostgreSQL server. I really want to install that update. But if I run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade the update does ...
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How to upgrade postgresql from 9.2.0 to 9.2.4 [duplicate]

The title says it all. if I run sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get upgrade none of the postgresql packages get updated. While the psql version 9.2.0 is and the last update is 9.2.4. Am I ...
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Getting powernap's IOMonitor to work with postgresql

I have a 12.04 box running postgresql 9.1.8-0ubuntu12.04, which serves a Java webapp (an Atlassian Confluence wiki). I'm trying to take advantage of powernap's IOMonitor feature. However, if I ...
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PostgreSQL postmaster not starting

I'm trying to install a PostgreSQL instance after building it from source, but running the postmaster daemon prior to starting up the database cluster doesn't seem to work. Here's the error message I ...
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pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server

I have read multiple articles detailing this fix for this exact issue. I have tried all kinds of variations of editing the pg_hba.conf file but no luck I still get the following error in my Apache log ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Depends: postgresql-9.1-postgis

I am installing LocalWiki on a Virtual Machine hosted by 1&1.com It is Ubuntu 12.04. When I run sudo apt-get install localwiki as instructed by http://localwiki.org/install/, I get the following ...
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Install postgreSQL on Ubuntu dependency errors

I just installed a Bitnami Ruby Stack (Ubuntu, Rails, Rub, ...). I would like to install postgreSQL. I tried the following command: sudo apt-get install postgresql But, I get this: Reading ...
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Extending postgresql code

In postgresql source code there is a file called postgres.c precisely in /src/backend/tcop/. Inside there is a function called exec_simple_query. I want add a line that call my_function that is in ...
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How do I find the path to pg_hba.conf from the shell?

I would like to obtain the path to pg_hba.conf from the shell. The path varies between versions of PostgreSQL. For instance, for 8.4 and 9.1: /etc/postgresql/8.4/main/pg_hba.conf ...
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Slow Reads While Writing in Ubuntu Server VM

We have a VMWare 5.0 environment with 7 Dell PowerEdge R710s with dual 6 core CPUs and 192GB each. For storage we have a NetApp FAS3210 SAN and currently using 1GB iSCSI. We have dual SAN ...
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Installing PostgreSQL 9.x on Ubuntu 11.04

I tried following the direction from various websites: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/postgresql sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install postgresql Unfortunately, it still wants to install 8.4. ...
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Can't update or remove PostgreSQL 9.1

The last update of PostgreSQL 9.1.7 seems to break my APT. When I try to update, I get the following error: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... ...
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Attempting to re-install postgres fails due to rabbitmq

On 12.04, when I do apt-get install on postgresql (which is already installed), it returns an error that mentions rabbitmq-server. What are the circumstances that could cause this type of failure? # ...
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Postgres-xc won't uninstall (Fails on Stopping Co-ordinators)

I was doing some rails development and accidentally installed postres-xc instead of the normal postgres package. I immediately went to remove postgres-xc, but apt-get will not uninstall it. I also ...
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apt-get upgrade stuck on postgresql dependency

I ran sudo apt-get upgrade on my 12.04 server, and I have become stuck with a PostgreSQL dependency. The console output (of sudo apt-get -f install) is below: dpkg: dependency problems prevent ...
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Why is there a shell given to user for PostgreSQL?

cat /etc/passwd |grep postgre postgres:x:115:127:PostgreSQL administrator,,,:/var/lib/postgresql:/bin/bash apt-cache show postgresql Package: postgresql Priority: optional Section: database ...
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Unmet dependencies. Try using -f

I'm running into the following error when I'm installing any package on 12.04. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run ...
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I did not install postgresql, so why do I have postgresql related binaries in 12.04?

I am going to compile postgresql from source, but the system already has postgresql related binaries such as pg_config, which gives me a lot of environment variables etc when I run it. I did not ...
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Updating problem with post-gresql 9.1

I have the following error when updating my ubuntu: $sudo apt-get upgrade [...] Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait Construction de l'arbre des dépendances Lecture des informations ...
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Postgresql 8.2 service will not stop and uninstall

My system config is as follows: System (running on Amazon EC2) Ubuntu 10.04 Postgresql-8.2 installed and it is working. ubuntu@ip:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 status: Running clusters: ...
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Remove a previously deselected package to install postgres?

So I was meant to run add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/postgresql apt-get update apt-get install postgresql libpq-dev but instead I ran without the previous two commands apt-get install postgresql ...
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How to manually restart services affected by apt upgrades?

How can I issue apt upgrades without automatically stopping/starting daemons? I'd like to manually restart services. To cite a specific example: I'll revisit a long-running machine and run sudo ...
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Postgresql - configuring as Upstart job problem

I need Postgresql configured to start with the Upstart system because i use Upstarts events to start another app which depends on pgsql to be running. This is the tutorial/script i've used: ...
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Postgres gem won't install on 12.10

I am trying to get Ruby on Rails working on my computer but the pg gem keeps failing. I have found a lot of other questions saying that you just need to use the libpq-dev package from apt and that ...
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Locating Postgres database

I am working on this new ubuntu 12.04 server and I need to work on the Postgres database which is PostGIS enabled. The problem is I am not sure how to locate the database using command line. It is ...
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juju override defaults in service

Working on the postgresql charm a bit, and I'm wondering if there is a way to supply overrides for default values in a "juju-way". In my charm that will be consuming the services provided by ...
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How do I install pgAdmin III for postgreSQL 9.2?

I have a Windows server that runs postgresql 9.2. I want to hit it using pgAdmin III from my Ubuntu 12.10 workstation box. I installed pgAdmin III from synaptic and also tried direct download from ...
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apt-get no longer works after manually deleting folders of a previously installed application

I have been struggling all weekend, to upgrade an existing postgresql database from version 8.4 to 9.1. I have (had) both versions of databases after I updated my OS from 10.0.4 to 12.04. I finally ...
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How to make psql to default to localhost?

I have the following scenario: saji@geeklap:~$ psql -U postgres psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres" saji@geeklap:~$ psql -h localhost -U postgres Password for user ...
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pgAgent installation in PostgreSQL

I have installed PostgreSQL 9.1 on ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. I try to run Aplication Stack Builder and install pgAgent. At first I am asked for root password, which I provide, after I choose PostgreSQL ...
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Getting a mongodb error whlie installing python-psycopg2?

I tried to install python-psycopg2 But the installation fails and I get this error: E: mongodb-10gen: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Preparing to replace ...
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postgreSQL installation from graphical installed

I tried to install postgreSQL on ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. I have version pgsql9.1 on my windows machine and wanted to make both installation the same with the same components. I downloaded ...
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Regarding inbuilt application PostGreSQL

In my work I need to study about FOSSology. This tool supports only in Linux. So i have installed Ubuntu version 12.10 Quantal. Through net i have come to know Ubuntu has inbuilt postgreSQL ...
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What packages do I need to install in order to bulld postgres from source?

I need to be able to build postgres-8.4.2 from source. What dependencies should I install?
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Postgresql fails to start on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS

I installed postgresql 9.2 from add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/postgresql using apt-get install postgresql-9.2 At the end of the install and every time I try to launch postgresql by using the following ...
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pgadmin III doesn't work due to “The server lacks instrumentation functions.”

When pgAdmin III is used to open a PostgreSQL database the following message appears. There does not seem to be any obvious package listed in the Ubuntu Software Center for this. The server lacks ...
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How to uninstall PostgreSQL installed from .run file?

I am a new Ubuntu 12.04 user and I'm using 64bit. This morning I installed Posgresql 9.2 from the graphical installer (not from Ubuntu repository) . Now I want to uninstall it, but I don't know how. ...
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Where is a postgresql 9.1 database stored in ubuntu 12.04?

I installed and created a Postgresql database on ubuntu. I then created the database using the following command: sudo su postgres createdb mydatabase However, I can't figure out where the database ...

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