Thread: problem with postgres example databse package install

Hi I am having trouble installing the following package:
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/rhcn/i386/postgresql-rhcn-data-6.4.2-3.i386.ht
ml.
I hope you can help. I tried to upgrade from the postgres that came with
Redhat 5.2 (postgre 6.3) so I uninstalled the packages and started to
install your versions. When I got to this packages, I guess the
uninstalling removed the postgres user so I put it back. Now I can
neither uninstall (rpm -e says that it is not installed) or install (rpm
-i and rpm -U says that it is already installed?!)

As well, I think that you may have missed something in your package-
there is only the pgsql and pgsql/backup directory. I can't find the
template1 and base directories that I had before. I hope that you can
help.
Thanks.

PS I also sent this to veillard@w3.org


Robert Carbonari (for Ted Ewanchyna)

Programmer
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> Hi I am having trouble installing the following package:
> http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/rhcn/i386/postgresql-rhcn-data-6.4.2-3.i386.ht
> ml.

I don't know the origins of this RPM, but you can force an
installation by using
 rpm -Uvh --force packagefilename

Since you've already uninstalled, this shouldn't cause more damage to
your rpm database (which btw shouldn't be sensitive to rpm package
contents??) and I would expect that it would uninstall cleanly
afterwards.

I usually add a "--test" option before forcing an installation, just
to catch any other potential problems.

Good luck.
                       - Thomas

-- 
Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California