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installing postgresql 9.3.2 on ubuntu 12.04 . with error fix: ummet dependencies

installing postgresql 9.3.2 on ubuntu 12.04

$ echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
$ wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3

you should succesfully installing postgresql 9.3.2 on your machine.

but, if you have same problem like me.

The following packages have ummet dependencies:
  postgresql-9.3 :  Depends: postgresql-client-9.3 but is not going to be installed
                    Depends: postgresql-common (>=1.4.2)...
  ...

you should install postgresql-common with specific version like this:

$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-common=151.pgdg12.4+1
$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3
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ranjan653 commented Mar 27, 2017

service postgresql start: it is showing ok in ubuntu 12.04 server edition
service postgresql stop : it showing error as Stopping postgresql: pg_ctl: PID file "/home/pgsql/postmaster.pid" does not exist
Is server running?

I am unable to connect to database. Please help me out

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ranjan653 commented Mar 27, 2017

Also If I do the backup through pg_dumpall -U postgres -c > 27-03-17.sql
pg_dumpall: coluldnot connect to database "template1": couldnot connect to server : No such file or directyory
Is server running locally and accepting
connection on unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSL.5432"?...............How to solve this please help me out

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