How to Install and Uninstall postgresql-common Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "postgresql-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install postgresql-common on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "postgresql-common" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall postgresql-common on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the postgresql-common package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: postgresql-common
Architecture: all
Version: 257
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 649
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, libjson-perl, sysvinit-utils (>= 3.05-4~) | lsb-base, postgresql-client-common (= 257), ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf, perl:any
Recommends: e2fsprogs, logrotate
Conflicts: pgdg-keyring
Breaks: postgresql-9.1 (<< 9.1.1-3~), postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204)
Replaces: pgdg-keyring, postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204)
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_257_all.deb
Size: 161560
MD5sum: 8210fddf0f6f4c6470da2188e82aa839
SHA1: 688fc8462c7c92a140df9ba31311e7ccdc6a4f88
SHA256: 26e02599b79009f65999d675be7eaae1196507923267e7e673b029a4b6971638
SHA512: 1b5ad6dc50d94fb960692f029d8c03ee761a9118a71cee2962a194cf2a0a13a21e33560e81ed2d816c61b680b20f61263990a53eccfd3f4f4b5f688b350c12e9
Description: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Task: postgresql-server