Ubuntu problems with Postgres install

Kirti Pankhania wrote:

> Folks,how do I get out of this jam?
>
> I have new install of Ubuntu Hoary (newbie)
> As I could not get apt-get to find postgres, I downloaded a deb
> package(stable) as below.
> The version of python currently installed is 2.4.1. (BTW, why is python
> required anyway?)
> I tried to install a program called locale which however cites
> dependencies with glibc
> I would have preferred to install PG version 8.0 but have no clue how to
> go about this.
>
> Error Message as follows:
> # dpkg -i /usr/local/src/postgresql_7.4.7-6sarge1_i386.deb
>
> Selecting previously deselected package postgresql.
> (Reading database ... 57719 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking postgresql (from .../postgresql_7.4.7-6sarge1_i386.deb) ...
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
>        LANGUAGE = "en_AU:en",
>        LC_ALL = (unset),
>        LANG = "en_AU.UTF-8"
>    are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or
> directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or
> directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or
> directory
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql:
> postgresql depends on python2.3 (>= 2.3); however:
>  Package python2.3 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing postgresql (--install):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> postgresqludo gcc
>
> Rgds
> Kirti
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