How To Install libpq on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpq on CentOS 8.
What is libpq
The libpq package provides the essential shared library for any PostgreSQL client program or interface. You will need to install this package to use any other PostgreSQL package or any clients that need to connect to a PostgreSQL server. The libpq package provides the essential shared library for any PostgreSQL client program or interface. You will need to install this package to use any other PostgreSQL package or any clients that need to connect to a PostgreSQL server.
We can use yum or dnf to install libpq on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpq.
Install libpq on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libpq using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libpq
Install libpq on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libpq using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libpq
How To Uninstall libpq on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libpq package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libpq
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpq on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.