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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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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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How do I install older PostgreSQL (8.4) in Ubuntu 12.04?

Well, it's the whole question. I installed 9.1 before, but I need older version now and I haven't yet found out how to do that.
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How do I install Postgres Graphical Installer?

I am a newbie in using Ubuntu (more precisely never used linux except the production deployment ). Now I choose to hold a grip on the system and intalled a latest 11.10 Ubuntu in my 32 bit Intel** ...
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How to fix PostgreSQL installation

I upgraded from Maverick to Natty recently and everything went fine except during the dist-upgrade something went wrong with PostgreSQL. I've since tried reinstalling, removing, and even purging it ...
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How do I set which PostgreSQL version is to be used by default?

I have 2 different versions of PostgreSQL installed on my system (Ubuntu Lucid): /var/lib/postgresql/8.4 /var/lib/postgresql/9.0 By default, when I run a PostgreSQL command such as createdb or ...
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Pgagent startup script (under the postgres user) [closed]

I'm trying to make a clean startup script for pgagent I found one here that use start-stop-daemon : if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/pgagent.pid \ --exec /usr/bin/pgagent ...