Problem at install / uninstall postgresql - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            </span></span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">I’m installing <span class="SpellE">postgresql</span> in <span class="GramE">a</span> <span
class="SpellE">O.S</span>.Linux <span class="SpellE">Ubuntu</span> 6.06 and I have the next printout at installation
process:</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Setting up postgresql-7.4 (7.4.12-3<span class="GramE">)
...</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Error: cluster configuration already exists</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count:
1">            </span>I can’t find information about how I can solve the problem at Internet and I can
install/uninstall<span class="SpellE">anythings</span>.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">root@estigio:/tmp</span></font></span><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"># <span class="GramE">aptitude install</span> <span
class="SpellE">postgresql</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Reading</span></font><fontface="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> package lists... Done</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Building dependency tree... Done</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Reading</span></font><fontface="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> extended state information</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Initializing package states... Done</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Building tag database... Done</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not
upgraded.</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Need to get 0B of archives. <span class="GramE">After unpacking 0B
willbe used.</span></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Writing extended state information... Done</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Setting up postgresql-7.4 (7.4.12-3<span class="GramE">)
...</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Error: cluster configuration already exists</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanclass="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dpkg</span></font></span></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: error processing postgresql-7.4 (--configure):</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span
class="GramE">subprocess</span></span>post-installation script returned error exit status 1</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanclass="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dpkg</span></font></span></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: dependency problems prevent configuration of <span
class="SpellE">postgresql</span>:</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span
class="GramE">postgresql</span></span>depends on postgresql-7.4; however:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Package postgresql-7.4 is not
configuredyet.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dpkg</span></font></span></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: error processing <span class="SpellE">postgresql</span> (--configure):</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontcolor="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">…</span></font><fontface="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontcolor="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><span
class="GramE"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">postgresql-pltcl-7.4</span></font></span><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> depends on postgresql-7.4; however:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Package postgresql-7.4 is not
configuredyet.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dpkg</span></font></span></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: error processing postgresql-pltcl-7.4 (--configure):</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">dependency</span>problems - leaving <span class="SpellE">unconfigured</span></span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Errors were encountered while processing:</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span
class="GramE">postgresql</span></span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-plperl-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-plpython-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-pltcl-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">E: Sub-process /<span class="SpellE">usr/bin/dpkg</span> returned an
errorcode (1)</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">A package failed to install.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>Tryingto recover:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Setting up postgresql-7.4 (7.4.12-3<span class="GramE">)
...</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Error: cluster configuration already exists</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanclass="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dpkg</span></font></span></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: error processing postgresql-7.4 (--configure):</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span
class="GramE">subprocess</span></span>post-installation script returned error exit status 1</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanclass="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dpkg</span></font></span></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-pltcl-7.4:</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-pltcl-7.4</span>depends on postgresql-7.4; however:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
color="navy"face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font
color="navy"face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">…..</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Package postgresql-7.4 is not
configuredyet.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">dpkg</span></font></span></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">: error processing postgresql-plpython-7.4 (--configure):</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">dependency</span>problems - leaving <span class="SpellE">unconfigured</span></span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Errors were encountered while processing:</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-pltcl-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span
class="GramE">postgresql</span></span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-plperl-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
class="GramE">postgresql-plpython-7.4</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">root@estigio:/tmp</span></font></span><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; 
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">#</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
lang="EN-GB"style="font-size: 
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Thanks, Miguel</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"> </span></font></div>