How To Install pike8.0-pg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pike8.0-pg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pike8.0-pg
pike8.0-pg is:
This package contains Pike module providing access to PostgreSQL databases: Postgres, Sql.postgres, and Sql.postgres_result.
Note: These modules are deprecated in favour of the pure Pike Sql.pgsql module, which is included in the core package.
Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information see the description of the pike8.0-core package.
There are three methods to install pike8.0-pg 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 pike8.0-pg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pike8.0-pg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pike8.0-pg
Install pike8.0-pg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pike8.0-pg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pike8.0-pg
Install pike8.0-pg 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 pike8.0-pg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pike8.0-pg
How To Uninstall pike8.0-pg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pike8.0-pg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pike8.0-pg
Uninstall pike8.0-pg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pike8.0-pg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pike8.0-pg
Remove pike8.0-pg Configurations and Data
To remove pike8.0-pg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pike8.0-pg
Remove pike8.0-pg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pike8.0-pg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pike8.0-pg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pike8.0-pg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
