Ubuntu Uninstall Postgres

Steps that worked for me Ubuntu 8.04.2 on to removepostgres 8.3

1. List all Postgres Related packages

     dpkg-l | grep postgresii PostgreSQL 8.3.17-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 Object-relati Onal SQL Database (latest VERSIII postgresql-8.3 8.3.9-0ubuntu8.04 Object-relationa L SQL Database, version 8.3ii postgresql-client 8.3.9-0ubuntu8.04 front-end programs F or PostgreSQL (latest Veii postgresql-client-8.3 8.3.9-0ubuntu8.04 front-end programs for PostgreSQL 8.3ii Postgresql-client-common 87UBUNTU2 Manager for multiple PostgreSQL C Lient versiii postgresql-common 87ubuntu2 PostgreSQL database-cluster manageri  I postgresql-contrib 8.3.9-0ubuntu8.04 additional facilities for PostgreSQL (latestii postgresql-contrib-8.3 8.3.9-0ubuntu8.04 additional facilities for PostgreSQL  

3. Remove all above listed

   sudo apt-get --purge remove postgresql postgresql-8.3  postgresql-client  postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common  postgresql-contrib postgresql-contrib-8.3

5. Remove the following folders

   sudo rm -rf /var/lib/postgresql/sudo rm -rf /var/log/postgresql/sudo rm -rf /etc/postgresql/

Ubuntu Uninstall Postgres