I am trying to install postgresql on Ubuntu. I tried installing it using the following command:
apt-get install postgresql Which results in
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: postgresql 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 48 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/23.2kB of archives. After this operation, 57.3kB of additional disk space will be used. debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously deselected package postgresql. (Reading database ... 42866 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking postgresql (from .../postgresql_8.4.9-0ubuntu0.10.04_all.deb) ... Setting up postgresql (8.4.9-0ubuntu0.10.04) ... But postgresql is not installed properly. I tried purging and reinstalling it. But I am not able to find a solution. I am not able to find postgres under /etc/init.d.
32 Answers
The postgresql package is just a tiny transitional package which has a Depend set on the real package.
postgresql-8.4 is the real package, is that installed? (it should be, since the one you installed depends on it).
Also, it looks like postgresql simply doesn't have an init.d script. Try:
service postgresql start There is a line
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed This may block the complete configuration of PostgreSQL and other packages, so you should install it, too: apt-utils 
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