How To Install odbc-postgresql on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbc-postgresql on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is odbc-postgresql
odbc-postgresql is:
This package provides a driver that allows ODBC-enabled applications to access PostgreSQL databases. ODBC is an abstraction layer that allows applications written for that layer to access databases in a manner that is relatively independent of the particular database management system.
You need to install this package if you want to use an application that provides database access through ODBC and you want that application to access a PostgreSQL database. This package would need to be installed on the same machine as that client application; the PostgreSQL database server can be on a different machine and does not need any additional software to accept ODBC clients.
If you want to write software that can access a database through the ODBC abstraction layer, you need to install the unixODBC driver manager development package unixodbc-dev, and possibly additional packages for language bindings. This driver package is only used at run time.
There are three methods to install odbc-postgresql on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install odbc-postgresql Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install odbc-postgresql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install odbc-postgresql
Install odbc-postgresql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install odbc-postgresql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install odbc-postgresql
Install odbc-postgresql 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 odbc-postgresql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install odbc-postgresql
How To Uninstall odbc-postgresql on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the odbc-postgresql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove odbc-postgresql
Uninstall odbc-postgresql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall odbc-postgresql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove odbc-postgresql
Remove odbc-postgresql Configurations and Data
To remove odbc-postgresql configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge odbc-postgresql
Remove odbc-postgresql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove odbc-postgresql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odbc-postgresql
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbc-postgresql package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
