Maybe some Debian specific commands will help:
pg_lsclusters: list clusters you have on the machine;
pg_dropcluster: drop an existing cluster;
pg_createcluster: create new cluster.
Regards.
Tom Allison wrote:
> Ran into a problem.
>
> I hosed up postgresql by deleting the data directory.
> So I thought I would just uninstall and reinstall postgres using Debian
> packages.
>
> Now I have nothing working.
>
> Wondering if anyone here has any suggestions on what to do with a Debian
> installation.
> If not, I'm checking that list too, but it might be a while...
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