PostgreSQL - lost configuration files

Question

I have been trying to reinstall postgresql-9.4, by:

sudo apt-get purge postgresql postgresql-common postgresql-9.4 postgresql-contrib-9.4

sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-common postgresql-9.4 postgresql-contrib-9.4

This, unfortunately results in a empty /etc/postgresql directory. How can I get these configuration files back?

Answer 1

After a purge and install, default config files should've been created for you. It is odd that that is not the case.

Use

pg_createcluster 9.4 main

to create a new Pg cluster and config files.