How To Install libpqtypes-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpqtypes-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpqtypes-dev
libpqtypes-dev is:
libpqtypes is a libpq extension that offers a new way of handling parameterized queries and getting result field values. Both putting parameters and getting values use a printf/scanf style interface, with consistent specifiers for both.
- Full support for binary and text format. (parameter and result)
- Full support for composites, arrays and composite arrays. (binary format only)
- printf style interface to libpq’s binary parameterized API. (PQputf)
- scanf style interface for getting values: PQgetvalue extension. (PQgetf)
- Ability to register user-defined types, aliases and data type sub-classes for use with printf style interfaces: ex. “%mytype”.
- Per-thread global error message. (PQgeterror)
- Online docs as well as man pages.
This package contains the headers and manpages.
There are three methods to install libpqtypes-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpqtypes-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 libpqtypes-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpqtypes-dev
Install libpqtypes-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpqtypes-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpqtypes-dev
Install libpqtypes-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpqtypes-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpqtypes-dev
How To Uninstall libpqtypes-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpqtypes-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpqtypes-dev
Uninstall libpqtypes-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpqtypes-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpqtypes-dev
Remove libpqtypes-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpqtypes-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpqtypes-dev
Remove libpqtypes-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpqtypes-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpqtypes-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpqtypes-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.