The following does the trick. The key is to purge postgresql-common. apt-get remove --purge postgresql-8.4 postgresql-common
On subsequent install: apt-get install postgresql-8.4 The last lines should be: Configuring postgresql.conf to use port 5432... update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/8.4/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz (postmaster.1.gz) in auto mode. * Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645010 Title: /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 is missing after purge/install -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
