The distributions are called codename -pgdg. Here is all the consequential steps I took to make the PostgreSQL 9.5 running on my old and unsupported Debian 6.0 SqueezeĬreate /etc/apt//pgdg.list. I guess though this worked for Debian Squeeze installing current versions such as Debian 8.0 Jessis and newer wouldn't be a prolem if you just change the debian version keyword witht he distribution for which you need the postgresql package In original tutorial postgre's deb repositories are: Thus I googled a bit and I found the following PostgreSQL instructions working Debian 7.0 Wheeze and decided to try it 1 in 1 just changing the repository package wheezy word with squeeze They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. # apt-get update & apt-get install postgresql postgresql-clientĮ: Some index files failed to download. to /etc/apt/sources.listĪfter adding it I continued getting missing package errors while trying: To get around the situation first thing I did was to try to add followin Debian repositories. If you're in position like me to be running an old version of Debian (Squeeze) and you need to install PostgreSQL you will notice that the Debian 6.0 standard repositories are no longer active and apt-get update & apt-get upgrade are returning errors, thus because this Debian release is already too old and even the LTS repositories are inactive it is impossible to install postgresql with the usual.

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