How To Install libpg-query-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpg-query-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpg-query-dev is C library for accessing the PostgreSQL parser outside of the server environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpg-query-dev on Debian 12.

What is libpg-query-dev

libpg-query-dev is:

This library uses the actual PostgreSQL server source to parse SQL queries and return the internal PostgreSQL parse tree.

There are three methods to install libpg-query-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpg-query-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpg-query-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpg-query-dev

Install libpg-query-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpg-query-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpg-query-dev

Install libpg-query-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpg-query-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpg-query-dev

How To Uninstall libpg-query-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libpg-query-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpg-query-dev

Uninstall libpg-query-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpg-query-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpg-query-dev

Remove libpg-query-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpg-query-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpg-query-dev

Remove libpg-query-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpg-query-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpg-query-dev

Dependencies

libpg-query-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpg-query-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.