The wifi on the plane is a lot erratic. How could I check if I still have the data? I'll certainly perform a backup as you suggest. I don't have a separate virtual machine unfortunately. I have far too many other systems associated to the current server, ip address, etc
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Morten Sickel <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you accidentally upgrade postgis or postgres to a new minor version? > An apt-get autoremove (after having done a apt-get remove qgis) will only > remove dependencies that qgis have pulled in, I do not think it will > rollback anything to an older version - so I don't think that will help, > although it should not do any harm either. > > As long as the database files still do exist, it should be possible to get > back to a working system using a few apt-gets and/or dpkg commands. So > just in case, shut down the postgres server and do a backup of > /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/data (or if you have put the database files > somewhere else you shoud know where they are) (use tar or some other > utility that gets the file ownerships and permissions right) > > Do you have access to any other virtual or real machine? then you can > install postgres / postgis on that, stop postgres and just copy over the > database files. > > Morten > > Willem Buitendyk skrev: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm currently sitting on a plane having made a huge mistake yesterday. I > > have a server that runs constantly, supplying data to clients on a daily > > basis. The server is Ubuntu 12.04 and I had successfully installed and > > have been running PostGIS 2.1 and Postgresql 9.3 for the last 3 months. > > Prior to leaving for my vacation I thought it would be great to install > > QGIS so I could remotely view my database. The problem is the QGIS > > install > > altered my postgis and libgdal1 dependencies. > > > > Here are the commands I issued that got me into this mess: > > > > sudo apt-get update > > > > sudo apt-get install qgis pythin-qgis > > > > sudo apt-get install qgis python-qgis > > > > sudo apt-get install qgis > > > > sudo apt-get install python-qgis > > > > gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 47765B75 > > > > gpg --export --armor 47765B75 | sudo apt-key add - > > > > sudo apt-get install qgis python-qgis > > > > sudo apt-get update > > > > sudo apt-get install qgis python-qgis > > > > sudo apt-get install python-software-properties > > > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable > > > > sudo apt-get update > > > > sudo apt-get install qgis python-qgis qgis-plugin-grass > > > > sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8 > > > > > > I am uncertain how to proceeed because I remember something similar > > happening years ago (irony of ironies) and it ended up corrupting my > > Ubuntu > > server when I tried to repair. > > > > > > I'm looking for some sage advise to correct this a painless as possible. > > Is it safe to perform an apt-get autoremove? > > > > Please help an overstressed dad enjoy his vacation trip to Disney with > his > > wife and kids. I promise I won't go installing packages all willy nilly > > in > > the future. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Willem > > _______________________________________________ > > postgis-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users >
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