How to Install and Uninstall libpq-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libpq-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpq-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libpq-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libpq-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.22-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: postgresql-10
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1074
Depends: libpq5 (= 10.22-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
Suggests: postgresql-doc-10
Breaks: postgresql-server-dev-10 (<< 10.1-2~)
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-10/libpq-dev_10.22-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 218620
MD5sum: 841618b8e2b80b52f0d0f39c9b876543
SHA1: 418ff50ff995f657149cfd043333f6eb38f73d25
SHA256: 085a7d0dd44654410c39746325424d7ea6fcb96852c33132bf2b68e8ff167cd4
SHA512: 1f830b617c274043724f321e8960766386b571b272da3438cd45dc9cdaa2f5e5fee4e1a24764beb4126a64c5f4c19034554bb806a76088313802e8be638c7baf
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Description-md5: 7f4362b106aae6b219ccc880faa1f04c
Supported: 5y

Package: libpq-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.3-1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: postgresql-10
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1053
Depends: libpq5 (= 10.3-1)
Suggests: postgresql-doc-10
Breaks: postgresql-server-dev-10 (<< 10.1-2~)
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-10/libpq-dev_10.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 216324
MD5sum: 860bcf01e1a5d80fc0dafc65d3142e82
SHA1: 0f40e804e916b8661eba43877c3d426792cafc38
SHA256: 8cadcecc872707ae8bf97c9d0532925ede1de8d00f453a1265b4ee1fa323ad28
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Description-md5: 7f4362b106aae6b219ccc880faa1f04c
Supported: 5y