Johnny Hughes wrote: >yum remove postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG postgresql-8.1.3-1PGDG postgresql-libs-8.1.3-1PGDG > >(the above is one line) > >If that has everything remove cleanly ... then try the install with yum. > Hi All, [racket at ibmlap postgresql]$ sudo /usr/bin/yum remove postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG postgresql-8.1.3-1PGDG postgresql-libs-8.1.3-1PGDG Password: Setting up Remove Process No Match for argument: postgresql-8.1.3-1PGDG Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package postgresql-libs.i686 0:8.1.3-1PGDG set to be erased ---> Package postgresql-server.i686 0:8.1.3-1PGDG set to be erased --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Removing: postgresql-libs i686 8.1.3-1PGDG installed 931 k postgresql-server i686 8.1.3-1PGDG installed 16 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 2 Package(s) Total download size: 0 Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction error reading information on service postgresql: No such file or directory error: %preun(postgresql-server-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Removing : postgresql-libs ######################### [1/2] Removed: postgresql-libs.i686 0:8.1.3-1PGDG postgresql-server.i686 0:8.1.3-1PGDG Complete! [racket at ibmlap postgresql]$ sudo /usr/bin/yum --enablerepo c4-testing install postgresql Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 c4-testing 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package postgresql.i386 0:8.1.2-1.c4 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libpq.so.4 for package: postgresql --> Processing Dependency: postgresql = 8.1.3 for package: postgresql-server --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for postgresql-libs to pack into transaction set. postgresql-libs-8.1.2-1.c 100% |=========================| 14 kB 00:00 ---> Package postgresql-libs.i386 0:8.1.2-1.c4 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: postgresql = 8.1.3 for package: postgresql-server --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: postgresql = 8.1.3 is needed by package postgresql-server Not sure what to do next? Cheers. Mark Sargent