thufir@tleilax:~$
thufir@tleilax:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start
 * Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server                              [ OK ]
thufir@tleilax:~$
thufir@tleilax:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i postgres
ii  libpq5                                8.4.7-0ubuntu0.10.04                            PostgreSQL C client library
ii  pgadmin3                              1.10.2-1build1                                  graphical administration tool for PostgreSQL
ii  pgadmin3-data                         1.10.2-1build1                                  graphical administration tool for PostgreSQL
ii  pgagent                               3.0.1-1                                         job scheduler for PostgreSQL
ii  postgresql-8.4                        8.4.7-0ubuntu0.10.04                            object-relational SQL database, version 8.4
ii  postgresql-client                     8.4.7-0ubuntu0.10.04                            front-end programs for PostgreSQL (supported
ii  postgresql-client-8.4                 8.4.7-0ubuntu0.10.04                            front-end programs for PostgreSQL 8.4
ii  postgresql-client-common              106ubuntu1                                      manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versi
ii  postgresql-common                     106ubuntu1                                      PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
ii  postgresql-filedump-8.4               8.4.0-1                                         Utility to format PostgreSQL files
thufir@tleilax:~$
thufir@tleilax:~$ postgres
No command 'postgres' found, did you mean:
 Command 'postgrey' from package 'postgrey' (universe)
postgres: command not found
thufir@tleilax:~$
thufir@tleilax:~$ service postgres start
postgres: unrecognized service
thufir@tleilax:~$