How to Install and Uninstall postgresql-12 Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "postgresql-12" package

Learn how to install postgresql-12 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                postgresql-12
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "postgresql-12" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall postgresql-12 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                postgresql-12
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the postgresql-12 package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: postgresql-12
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: database
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 40156
Provides: postgresql-contrib-12
Depends: locales | locales-all, postgresql-client-12, postgresql-common (>= 182~), ssl-cert, tzdata, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libicu66 (>= 66.1-1~), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpq5 (>= 9.3~), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.12), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0, libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.25), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: sysstat
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-12/postgresql-12_12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 13522916
MD5sum: eaebe2026468b9074c5fdcdeea64e715
SHA1: d4dfc424836dba109fb14b3e1570c3740db6beaf
SHA256: 3df7e8178e16ea60d02bf2ee2c47ab830815e714a5dd7c7bef43b4e62736b1b1
SHA512: ba4c6396e128097dd80b0739589f96b41269bca3ba9c85fe03b9b175e3ba71fcccb3650bf0f4a63ea468252fc17d631fd1b23c4f882661f3392789b7de258003
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: object-relational SQL database, version 12 server
Description-md5: 09ba941c5738e7a3e249b9842d2ea694
Task: postgresql-server
Postgresql-Catversion: 201909212

Package: postgresql-12
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12.2-4
Priority: optional
Section: database
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 40008
Provides: postgresql-contrib-12
Depends: locales | locales-all, postgresql-client-12, postgresql-common (>= 182~), ssl-cert, tzdata, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libicu66 (>= 66.1-1~), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpq5 (>= 9.3~), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.12), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0, libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.25), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: sysstat
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-12/postgresql-12_12.2-4_amd64.deb
Size: 13425876
MD5sum: 425f62c89df3119d6ee21a33abc8551b
SHA1: 1027e9b9bc787a8268d1b21f6bdecb128930ba18
SHA256: b8161e20b5fd60967c250fa4c7ad0f9c8178afa502e71c5e8fc0e042a5d8175c
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: object-relational SQL database, version 12 server
Description-md5: 09ba941c5738e7a3e249b9842d2ea694
Task: postgresql-server
Postgresql-Catversion: 201909212