How To Install postgresql-15-ip4r on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-15-ip4r
on Debian 12.
What is postgresql-15-ip4r
postgresql-15-ip4r is:
This PostgreSQL module provides several data types which can contain single IPv4 or IPv6 addresses or a range of such addresses.
ip4r supports these data types:
ip4: IPv4 address ‘#.#.#.#’ ip4r: IPv4 range ‘#.#.#.#-#.#.#.#’ or ‘#.#.#.#/#’ or ‘#.#.#.#’ ip6: IPv6 address ‘xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx’ ip6r: IPv6 range ‘#-#’ or ‘#/#’ or ‘#’ ipaddress: IPv4 or IPv6 address iprange: IPv4 or IPv6 range
While PostgreSQL already has built-in types ‘inet’ and ‘cidr’, the authors of this module found that they had a number of requirements that were not addressed by the built-in types.
There are three methods to install postgresql-15-ip4r
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install postgresql-15-ip4r Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-15-ip4r
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-15-ip4r
Install postgresql-15-ip4r Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-15-ip4r
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postgresql-15-ip4r
Install postgresql-15-ip4r 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-15-ip4r
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-15-ip4r
How To Uninstall postgresql-15-ip4r on Debian 12
To uninstall only the postgresql-15-ip4r
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postgresql-15-ip4r
Uninstall postgresql-15-ip4r And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postgresql-15-ip4r
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-15-ip4r
Remove postgresql-15-ip4r Configurations and Data
To remove postgresql-15-ip4r
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-15-ip4r
Remove postgresql-15-ip4r configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postgresql-15-ip4r
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-15-ip4r
Dependencies
postgresql-15-ip4r have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-15-ip4r
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.