How To Install libpgtypes3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgtypes3 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpgtypes3
libpgtypes3 is:
The libpgtypes shared library is used by programs built with ecpg. (Embedded PostgreSQL for C).
PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.
Package: libpgtypes3 Architecture: amd64 Version: 12.2-4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: postgresql-12 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 119 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-12/libpgtypes3_12.2-4_amd64.deb Size: 41376 MD5sum: 3c41183b0e2b8ca1d0da5cd596dacf77 SHA1: 46958c381ea25076e011ca9f9c1cb09b409e0867 SHA256: 7af3ff2c5b3c70c7d4b97c041cc76821d0519341f82402f18433e096bbf69703 Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/ Description-en: shared library libpgtypes for PostgreSQL 12 The libpgtypes shared library is used by programs built with ecpg. (Embedded PostgreSQL for C).
PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.
There are three methods to install libpgtypes3 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpgtypes3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpgtypes3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpgtypes3
Install libpgtypes3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpgtypes3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpgtypes3
Install libpgtypes3 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpgtypes3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpgtypes3
How To Uninstall libpgtypes3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpgtypes3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpgtypes3
Uninstall libpgtypes3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpgtypes3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpgtypes3
Remove libpgtypes3 Configurations and Data
To remove libpgtypes3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpgtypes3
Remove libpgtypes3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpgtypes3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpgtypes3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgtypes3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
