How To Install postgresql-server-dev-all on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-server-dev-all
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is postgresql-server-dev-all
postgresql-server-dev-all is:
The postgresql-server-dev-all package provides the pg_buildext script for simplifying packaging of a PostgreSQL extension supporting multiple major versions of the product, and dh_make_pgxs which builds a template debian/ source package directory based on pg_buildext.
PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types and functions.
There are three methods to install postgresql-server-dev-all
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 postgresql-server-dev-all 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-server-dev-all
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-server-dev-all
Install postgresql-server-dev-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-server-dev-all
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postgresql-server-dev-all
Install postgresql-server-dev-all 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 postgresql-server-dev-all
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-server-dev-all
How To Uninstall postgresql-server-dev-all on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the postgresql-server-dev-all
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postgresql-server-dev-all
Uninstall postgresql-server-dev-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postgresql-server-dev-all
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-server-dev-all
Remove postgresql-server-dev-all Configurations and Data
To remove postgresql-server-dev-all
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-server-dev-all
Remove postgresql-server-dev-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postgresql-server-dev-all
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-server-dev-all
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-server-dev-all
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.