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Hi,I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 andi have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me
knowhow to uninstall 
completely - postfesql 7.3.2
I am getting as [root@set root]# rpm -e postgresql
error: package postgresql is not installed

if i try to check the version it was displaying
[root@set root]# postgres --version
postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.3.2


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ElayaRaja S said:
> Hi,
> I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i
> have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall
> completely - postfesql 7.3.2
>
> I am getting as [root@set root]# rpm -e postgresql
> error: package postgresql is not installed
>
> if i try to check the version it was displaying
> [root@set root]# postgres --version
> postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.3.2
>

The -hackers list is not the correct place to ask for help. Try
pgsql-general maybe

cheers

andrew

Clinging to sanity, elayaraja.s@gmail.com (ElayaRaja S) mumbled into her beard:
> Hi,
>  I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and
>  i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall
> completely - postfesql 7.3.2
>
>  I am getting as [root@set root]# rpm -e postgresql
> error: package postgresql is not installed
>
> if i try to check the version it was displaying
> [root@set root]# postgres --version
> postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.3.2

Maybe you need to figure out what the names of the relevant packages
are.

# rpm -qa | grep -i sql

is likely to match many of the PostgreSQL packages, and give you some
exact names of packages needing to be removed.
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