A following attempt to install (after several turns at apt-get remove/autoremove/clean/autoclean/purge, and a bit of forced removal via 'sudo rm -rf') contains this at the command line: postgresql-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3 Suggested packages: uuid oidentd ident-server locales-all libdbd-pg-perl The following NEW packages will be installed: libossp-uuid16 postgresql postgresql-9.3 postgresql-contrib postgresql-contrib-9.3 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded. Need to get 3,110 kB of archives. After this operation, 13.7 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libossp-uuid16 amd64 1.6.2-1.3ubuntu1 [29.6 kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql-9.3 amd64 9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [2,670 kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main postgresql all 9.3+154 [5,088 B] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql-contrib-9.3 amd64 9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [400 kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main postgresql-contrib all 9.3+154 [5,106 B] Fetched 3,110 kB in 2s (1,145 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libossp-uuid16. dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'postgresql-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'postgresql-9.4' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'postgresql-client-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'postgresql-client-9.3' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'postgresql-client-9.4' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed (Reading database ... 202568 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libossp-uuid16_1.6.2-1.3ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libossp-uuid16 (1.6.2-1.3ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-9.3. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-9.3_9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-9.3 (9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql_9.3+154_all.deb ... Unpacking postgresql (9.3+154) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-contrib-9.3. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-contrib-9.3_9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-contrib-9.3 (9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-contrib. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-contrib_9.3+154_all.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-contrib (9.3+154) ... Processing triggers for postgresql-common (166.pgdg14.04+1) ... Setting up libossp-uuid16 (1.6.2-1.3ubuntu1) ... Setting up postgresql-9.3 (9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-9.3.postinst: 9: .: Can't open /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions dpkg: error processing package postgresql-9.3 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql: postgresql depends on postgresql-9.3; however: Package postgresql-9.3 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package postgresql (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-contrib-9.3: postgresql-contrib-9.3 depends on postgresql-9.3 (= 9.3.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1); however: Package postgresql-9.3 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package postgresql-contrib-9.3 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-contrib: postgresql-contrib depends on postgresql-contrib-9.3; however: Package postgresql-contrib-9.3 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package postgresql-contrib (--configure): dependency problems - leaNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already ving unconfigured Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.5) ... Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-9.3 postgresql postgresql-contrib-9.3 postgresql-contrib E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)