How to Install and Uninstall libpq-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libpq-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpq-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpq-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpq-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpq-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpq-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpq-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libpq-dev
Source: postgresql-16
Version: 16.2-1
Installed-Size: 575
Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libpq5 (= 16.2-1), libssl-dev
Suggests: postgresql-doc-16
Size: 142380
SHA256: 5199f3b4edf4f6746e5240cbeb298c4969632c724090aac4df24d2a5197a0f51
SHA1: 4c09d0a750e1847f200324ea0d202cbb56ee889f
MD5sum: b119f07e9babcbf611b650301977e68b
Description: header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Header files and static library for compiling C programs to link
with the libpq library in order to communicate with a PostgreSQL
database backend.
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PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-16/libpq-dev_16.2-1_amd64.deb