How To Install libpq on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpq on Rocky Linux 8. libpq is PostgreSQL client library

Introduction

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

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

Install libpq 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 libpq using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpq

Install libpq 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 libpq using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpq

How To Uninstall libpq on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libpq

libpq Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/10827decd7d753cf26542d87968544e334182f
/usr/lib64/libpq.so.5
/usr/lib64/libpq.so.5.13
/usr/share/licenses/libpq
/usr/share/licenses/libpq/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/pgsql
/usr/share/pgsql/pg_service.conf.sample
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/88ee38bf9950e942e90bc8ea958090ddaeb386
/usr/lib64/libpq.so.5
/usr/lib64/libpq.so.5.13
/usr/share/licenses/libpq
/usr/share/licenses/libpq/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/pgsql
/usr/share/pgsql/pg_service.conf.sample
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/7854425127eb1ac1be7a3b09348c0d7b005b7a
/usr/lib/libpq.so.5
/usr/lib/libpq.so.5.13
/usr/share/licenses/libpq
/usr/share/licenses/libpq/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/pgsql
/usr/share/pgsql/pg_service.conf.sample
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/8a8a281581375c4e0a10273c1b75229de5b364
/usr/lib/libpq.so.5
/usr/lib/libpq.so.5.13
/usr/share/licenses/libpq
/usr/share/licenses/libpq/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libpq5-13.mo
/usr/share/pgsql
/usr/share/pgsql/pg_service.conf.sample

References

libpq website

Summary

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