Thread: Issue with uninstalling postgres 8.1.9
We have a system that came with pg 8.1.9. When I try to uninstall
those RPMs, it works for all the rpms except for libs:
> rpm -ev postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5
error: Failed dependencies:
libpq.so.4 is needed by (installed) apr-util-1.2.7-6.i386
I am not sure what this is about and how to uninstall it. I cannot
leave the "libs" rpm because with it on the system, the equivalent for
8.2.4 will not install. For instance, while installing the
compatibility stuff prior to 8.2.4 --
> rpm -Uhv compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5.i686.rpm
warning: waiting for transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4 from install of
compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with
file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5
file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4.1 from install of
compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with
file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5
How does one resolve this? How can I uninstall "libpg.so.4"?
I am on CentOS 5, and I'm using the rpms for Red Hat ES 5. Thanks for
any pointers!
On 14/09/2007, Phoenix Kiula <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com> wrote: > We have a system that came with pg 8.1.9. When I try to uninstall > those RPMs, it works for all the rpms except for libs: > > > > rpm -ev postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > error: Failed dependencies: > libpq.so.4 is needed by (installed) apr-util-1.2.7-6.i386 > > > I am not sure what this is about and how to uninstall it. I cannot > leave the "libs" rpm because with it on the system, the equivalent for > 8.2.4 will not install. For instance, while installing the > compatibility stuff prior to 8.2.4 -- > > > > rpm -Uhv compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5.i686.rpm > warning: waiting for transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000 > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4 from install of > compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with > file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4.1 from install of > compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with > file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > > > How does one resolve this? How can I uninstall "libpg.so.4"? > > I am on CentOS 5, and I'm using the rpms for Red Hat ES 5. Thanks for > any pointers! > Ok, I found the answer to my own question here - http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pgrpm.htm Hope someone in the same situation finds this bit useful. The mail archives did not seem to have info about this yet, and quite a bit of googling brought up that site.
Phoenix Kiula wrote: > > We have a system that came with pg 8.1.9. When I try to uninstall > those RPMs, it works for all the rpms except for libs: > > > rpm -ev postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > error: Failed dependencies: > libpq.so.4 is needed by (installed) apr-util-1.2.7-6.i386 > > I am not sure what this is about and how to uninstall it. I cannot > leave the "libs" rpm because with it on the system, the equivalent for > 8.2.4 will not install. For instance, while installing the > compatibility stuff prior to 8.2.4 -- > > > rpm -Uhv compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5.i686.rpm > warning: waiting for transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000 > Preparing... > ########################################### [100%] > file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4 from install of > compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with > file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4.1 from install of > compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with > file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > > How does one resolve this? How can I uninstall "libpg.so.4"? If compat-postgresql-libs-4 replaces postgresql-libs-8.1.9, you could do: rpm -ev --nodeps postgresql-libs and then rpm -Uhv compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5.i686.rpm The second will restore the dependency that the first command breaks. Yours, Laurenz Albe