Re: Postgresql8.4 install breaks Evolution on Ubuntu 9.10

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 11:53, Leonardo Camargo
<camargoleonardo(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm wondering if someone here know how to go about fixing this problem that
> apparently affects everyone who manually install Postgresql8.4 on Ubuntu
> Karmic(9.10).
>
> Postgres installation seems to mess with something that renders other
> applications unable to function. For instance my problem is with Evolution
> Mail. This is the output I started getting after installing postgres:
>
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by evolution)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/libemiscwidgets.so.0)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libgdata-1.2.so.1)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libgdata-1.2.so.1)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/libetable.so.0)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/libeutil.so.0)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/libeutil.so.0)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libebook-1.2.so.9)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libedataserver-1.2.so.11)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0)
> evolution: /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2: no version information
> available (required by /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so.0)
> evolution: relocation error: /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/libeutil.so.0: symbol
> xmlFirstElementChild, version LIBXML2_2.7.3 not defined in file libxml2.so.2
> with link time reference
>
> I can't be sure(no logs) but VMWare Workstation seems to have been affected
> here too, can't get it to work anymore.
>
> Other people having the same problem:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1307864
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/461105

This looks like an install from the 1-clicks, right? It looks to me
that it's not karmic-compatible - try installing the debian packages
instead (should be a simple apt-get install postgresql-8.4 - it's
included by default in Karmic IIRC). I've done that many times without
any issues like this.

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