How To Install libpq5 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpq5
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libpq5
libpq5 is:
libpq is a C library that enables user programs to communicate with the PostgreSQL database server. The server can be on another machine and accessed through TCP/IP. This version of libpq is compatible with servers from PostgreSQL 8.2 or later.
This package contains the run-time library, needed by packages using libpq.
PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.
There are three methods to install libpq5
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpq5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpq5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpq5
Install libpq5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpq5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpq5
Install libpq5 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 libpq5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpq5
How To Uninstall libpq5 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libpq5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpq5
Uninstall libpq5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpq5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpq5
Remove libpq5 Configurations and Data
To remove libpq5
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpq5
Remove libpq5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpq5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpq5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpq5
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.