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How do I get back packages after I excluded them?

Hello all,

I did set up a CentOS 6.2 machine and installed the PostgreSQL 8.4 from packages found in the CentOS 6.2 repos.

Later, I decided to upgrade the PostgreSQL to version 9.1, so I googled for instructions how to do it. For this, the CentOS repo packages with postgre 8.4 have to be excluded before packages 'postgresql91' could be used. So following to tutorial found on web, I did this:

- In the file '/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo' into sections '[base]' and '[updates]' I did inserted this line:

Code:

exclude=postgresql*

Then I downloaded the repopackage and the installed the postgresql91 packages:

Code:

[root@...]# wget  http://yum.postgresql.org/9.1/redhat/rhel-6-i386/pgdg-centos91-9.1-4.noarch.rpm

[root@...]# rpm  -i  pgdg-centos91-9.1-4.noarch.rpm

[root@...]# yum  install  postgresql91  postgresql91-server  postgresql91-libs  postgresql91-contrib

Everything went OK and have had a PostgreSQL 9.1 up and running perfectly.

Now I decided to revert to Postgre 8.4. So I removed the postgresql91 packages smoothly:

Code:

[root@...]# yum  remove  postgresql91.i686  postgresql91-contrib.i686  postgresql91-libs.i686  postgresql91-server.i686

  ... (lot of output with no error)

Complete!

[root@...]# yum  remove  pgdg-centos91.noarch

  ... (lot of output with no error)

Complete!

Then I removed the lines 'exclude=postgresql*' from file '/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo', but now I cannot see nor install the original postgre 8.4 packages in the CentOS repos, even I use the switch '--disableexcludes=all' with yum (although, I think it is redundant once I removed those 'exclude=postgresql*' from file '/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo'.

Code:

[root@...]# yum  list  all  --disableexcludes=all  |  grep  -i  '\(pg\|sql\)'

gnupg2.i686                        2.0.14-4.el6                @base/$releasever

gpgme.i686                        1.1.8-3.el6                @base/$releasever

libgpg-error.i686                  1.7-4.el6                  @base/$releasever

mysql-libs.i686                    5.1.61-1.el6_2.1            @updates

pygpgme.i686                      0.1-18.20090824bzr68.el6    @base/$releasever

qt-sqlite.i686                    1:4.6.2-20.el6              @base/$releasever

sqlite.i686                        3.6.20-1.el6                @base/$releasever

So, how do I get back the original packages (or the repo-package) for PostgreSQL 8.4 now? I even tried things like:

Code:

[root@...]# yum  clean  all

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security

Cleaning repos:

Cleaning up Everything

Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors

[root@...]# yum  install  postgresql  postgresql-server  postgresql-libs  postgresql-contrib

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

Setting up Install Process

No package postgresql available.

No package postgresql-server available.

No package postgresql-libs available.

No package postgresql-contrib available.

Error: Nothing to do

Thank you for advice.

it looks like it cannot find packages. maybe you did not restore the old repo for 8.4, or you have mistyped something?

pan64: Thank you for reply.

I helped myself the same way as I got and installed the 9.1:
- Downloaded the repo-package and installed it
- Installed the actual postgreSQL 8.4 packages.

Code:

# wget http://yum.postgresql.org/8.4/redhat/rhel-6-i386/pgdg-centos-8.4-3.noarch.rpm

# rpm -i pgdg-centos-8.4-3.noarch.rpm

# yum list all | grep -i '\(pg\|sql\|post\)'

  ... (a lot of 'postgresql84...' packages listed)

# yum install postgresql84.i686 postgresql84-libs.i686 postgresql84-server.i686 postgresql84-contrib.i686

  ... (a lot of output with no error)

Easy. Just I don't know where the original repo-package for Postgre 8.4 from CentOS-Base repo went. Never mind, it is solved now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by klenot (Post 4656034)

I did set up a CentOS 6.2 machine and installed the PostgreSQL 8.4 from packages found in the CentOS 6.2 repos.
.....

Code:

[root@...]# yum install postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-libs postgresql-contrib

Thank you for advice.

Probably there was nothing wrong with CentOS Base repo,
if you would first search for package you would see the package name, then you would need to install it with exact name as found, to be successful.

If you're installing like
yum install postgresql
then the package was not found, you need to use exact package name, like:
yum install postgresql84

or
yum install postgresql*

to install it.

lithos,

In CentOS 6.2 repos, the postgre packages do not have the version postfix. Now I am sitting at a fresh CentOS 6.2 setup and this is the output of 'yum list':

Code:

[root@san ~]# yum  list  |  grep  postgre

bacula-director-postgresql.i686    5.0.0-9.el6                base

bacula-storage-postgresql.i686    5.0.0-9.el6                base

freeradius-postgresql.i686        2.1.10-5.el6                base

postgresql.i686                    8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-contrib.i686            8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-devel.i686              8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-docs.i686              8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-jdbc.i686              8.4.701-3.el6              base

postgresql-libs.i686              8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-odbc.i686              08.04.0200-1.el6            base

postgresql-plperl.i686            8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-plpython.i686          8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-pltcl.i686              8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-server.i686            8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

postgresql-test.i686              8.4.9-1.el6_1.1            base

qt-postgresql.i686                1:4.6.2-20.el6              base

So, I was looking for those postfixless packages.

But it is better, what I have now, after downloading the repopackage directly from postgresql.org, because it refers to newer packages (8.4.11) than to which the default CentOS 6.2 repos refer (8.4.9).