How do I remove PostgreSQL completely?

El 18/10/2010 12:10, Sebastian Frey escribió:

Hi guys!

I wanted to install PokerTracker3, but the required PostgreSQL could not be installed because (apparently) it was installed before by another program...
So, when I start PokerTracker3, a PostgreSQL server window opens containing already filled in data about Server, Password etc...
When I press connect, the window "PostgreSQL wasn't able to connect to this database. Please check configuration (or something like this)" appears.

So I searched on the internet and found on one of the many support websites the instruction to unistall PostgreSQL, which I did, but apparently the account wasn't fully deleted, so the problem is still there and I have no idea of how to get rid of it!

I would greatly appreciate your help, but I need very basic instructions since I have only very basic knowledge of computers in general...

Best, sebastian
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hi,
1) Verify postgresql service exists?
2) Verify data directory /var/lib/pgdata/data, exists?
3) verify environment variables are not set : PGUSER, PGDATABASE,
PGPASSWORD, PGDATA

rpm -e *postgresql* or use yum

Fernando Rodriguez

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Rodriguez Fernando
<rodriguez@ort.edu.uy> wrote:

 El 18/10/2010 12:10, Sebastian Frey escribió:

Hi guys!

I wanted to install PokerTracker3, but the required PostgreSQL could not
be installed because (apparently) it was installed before by another
program...
So, when I start PokerTracker3, a PostgreSQL server window opens
containing already filled in data about Server, Password etc...
When I press connect, the window "PostgreSQL wasn't able to connect to
this database. Please check configuration (or something like this)" appears.

So I searched on the internet and found on one of the many support
websites the instruction to unistall PostgreSQL, which I did, but apparently
the account wasn't fully deleted, so the problem is still there and I have
no idea of how to get rid of it!

I would greatly appreciate your help, but I need very basic instructions
since I have only very basic knowledge of computers in general...

Best, sebastian
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hi,
1) Verify postgresql service exists?
2) Verify data directory /var/lib/pgdata/data, exists?
3) verify environment variables are not set : PGUSER, PGDATABASE,
PGPASSWORD, PGDATA

rpm -e *postgresql* or use yum

IIRC, Poker Tracker is a Windows program. I think Sebastian should
contact the makers of that software rather than us. It is their
installer that has installed PG, in all likelihood, and we don't have
any control over (or knowledge of) what it does.

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On 10/18/2010 10:10 PM, Sebastian Frey wrote:

Hi guys!

I wanted to install PokerTracker3, but the required PostgreSQL could not be installed because (apparently) it was installed before by another program...
So, when I start PokerTracker3, a PostgreSQL server window opens containing already filled in data about Server, Password etc...
When I press connect, the window "PostgreSQL wasn't able to connect to this database. Please check configuration (or something like this)" appears.

So I searched on the internet and found on one of the many support websites the instruction to unistall PostgreSQL, which I did, but apparently the account wasn't fully deleted, so the problem is still there and I have no idea of how to get rid of it!

I would greatly appreciate your help, but I need very basic instructions since I have only very basic knowledge of computers in general...

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Running_%26_Installing_PostgreSQL_On_Native_Windows#How_do_I_delete_the_service_account_-_it.27s_not_listed_under_users.21

http://pgsnake.blogspot.com/2010/07/postgresql-passwords-and-installers.html

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Craig Ringer

Hi,

How did you install existing instance of PG server..?? Did you use any of
the community installers..??

IMO to avoid data load, you need to remove your data directory if it is not
required now. To get rid of user accounts, you need to remove them as well.

Regards,

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Sebastian Frey <sebastian.frey89@web.de>wrote:

Hi guys!

I wanted to install PokerTracker3, but the required PostgreSQL could not be
installed because (apparently) it was installed before by another program...
So, when I start PokerTracker3, a PostgreSQL server window opens containing
already filled in data about Server, Password etc...
When I press connect, the window "PostgreSQL wasn't able to connect to this
database. Please check configuration (or something like this)" appears.

So I searched on the internet and found on one of the many support websites
the instruction to unistall PostgreSQL, which I did, but apparently the
account wasn't fully deleted, so the problem is still there and I have no
idea of how to get rid of it!

I would greatly appreciate your help, but I need very basic instructions
since I have only very basic knowledge of computers in general...

Best, sebastian
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