Postgres uninstall centos 5

I'm going to give it a try, first thing tomorrow. I'll let you know if it worked for me. I'm trying this, because I am trying to re install Postgresql. And when i try to command service postgresql Once again, thank you for your time, Filipe. Removing postgresql Post by pschaff » Tue Jun 14, pm [quote] fgoncalo wrote You can force the reinstallation by rpm -e --justdb --nodeps postgresqlserver and then running a yum install postgresqlserver.

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Asked 10 years, 5 months ago. Active 10 years, 5 months ago. You can use the dpkg command for managing Debian packages, in conjunction with grep , to search for all the package names installed that contain the sub-string postgres. An example of this command is shown below:. This command will remove the package and purge all the data associated with it:. Use the rm command with the -rf options to recursively remove all of the directories and data for the postgresql packages:. After you complete your rm commands, execute the dpkg -l grep postgres command one more time to verify that all of the packages have been removed.

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