How To Install libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8. libpgtypes is Map PostgreSQL database types to C equivalents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libpgtypes

The pgtypes library maps PostgreSQL database types to C equivalents that can be used in C programs. It also offers functions to do basic calculations with those types within C, i.e., without the help of the PostgreSQL server.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpgtypes.

Install libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpgtypes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpgtypes

Install libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpgtypes using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpgtypes

How To Uninstall libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libpgtypes package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpgtypes

libpgtypes Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/136ea9d1d6eaa784153de379d78a707d4f5b79
/usr/lib64/libpgtypes.so.3
/usr/lib64/libpgtypes.so.3.13
/usr/share/licenses/libpgtypes
/usr/share/licenses/libpgtypes/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/b77daaaddbb36b87bb6290b4d0193e297cf712
/usr/lib/libpgtypes.so.3
/usr/lib/libpgtypes.so.3.13
/usr/share/licenses/libpgtypes
/usr/share/licenses/libpgtypes/COPYRIGHT

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgtypes on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.