How To Install postgresql-server-dev-all on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-server-dev-all on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is postgresql-server-dev-all
postgresql-server-dev-all is:
The postgresql-server-dev-all package provides the pg_buildext script for simplifying packaging of a PostgreSQL extension supporting multiple major versions of the product, and dh_make_pgxs which builds a template debian/ source package directory based on pg_buildext.
PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types and functions.
Package: postgresql-server-dev-all Architecture: all Version: 214 Priority: optional Section: universe/database Source: postgresql-common Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 95 Depends: make, postgresql-common (>= 117~), postgresql-server-dev-12 Filename: pool/universe/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-server-dev-all_214_all.deb Size: 7692 MD5sum: 5f95c22b0dacb85259028db8a7ecc5c3 SHA1: 9bbd0022da5806c8a9e4c11e765701f60d0919ad SHA256: 50e3040af4b5257a67c76762581658857834b6fc896e9bae37fea186495251e8 Description-en: extension build tool for multiple PostgreSQL versions The postgresql-server-dev-all package provides the pg_buildext script for simplifying packaging of a PostgreSQL extension supporting multiple major versions of the product, and dh_make_pgxs which builds a template debian/ source package directory based on pg_buildext.
PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types and functions.
There are three methods to install postgresql-server-dev-all 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 postgresql-server-dev-all Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-server-dev-all using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-server-dev-all
Install postgresql-server-dev-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-server-dev-all using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postgresql-server-dev-all
Install postgresql-server-dev-all 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 postgresql-server-dev-all using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-server-dev-all
How To Uninstall postgresql-server-dev-all on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the postgresql-server-dev-all package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postgresql-server-dev-all
Uninstall postgresql-server-dev-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postgresql-server-dev-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-server-dev-all
Remove postgresql-server-dev-all Configurations and Data
To remove postgresql-server-dev-all configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-server-dev-all
Remove postgresql-server-dev-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postgresql-server-dev-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-server-dev-all
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-server-dev-all package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.