How to Install and Uninstall postgresql-common Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: July 06,2024

1. Install "postgresql-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install postgresql-common on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall postgresql-common on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                postgresql-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the postgresql-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: postgresql-common
Architecture: all
Version: 190ubuntu0.1
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: 623
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3), postgresql-client-common (= 190ubuntu0.1), procps, ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf
Recommends: e2fsprogs, logrotate
Suggests: libjson-perl
Conflicts: postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.0
Breaks: postgresql-9.1 (<< 9.1.1-3~), systemd (<< 204)
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_190ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 157384
MD5sum: c781752bd9d3f71f2bcae1d1e7fe1f0c
SHA1: cfd07672199c536d09cdb22a3554f39c2f63b53a
SHA256: f6a1591bd56f8afd12b4ca33f6dba1fe6058d15a49e82d46f1fdcff5dabe8d84
SHA512: 6c42e846bd56b2517ea7a35563fce2dfc51282c0ee749c627529265c0718d531ffdb0346a5d56d274fab2c4e9dbfdfade3c65a172aa9531baa72a1a12e81bd10
Description: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Task: postgresql-server
Supported: 5y

Package: postgresql-common
Architecture: all
Version: 190
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: 622
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3), postgresql-client-common (= 190), procps, ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf
Recommends: e2fsprogs, logrotate
Suggests: libjson-perl
Conflicts: postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.0
Breaks: postgresql-9.1 (<< 9.1.1-3~), systemd (<< 204)
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_190_all.deb
Size: 157024
MD5sum: 97594bc54ef37a3fd811e329b963194b
SHA1: ce2f5a040bcc232f882db4f8c5c6cf7d65ab2f5d
SHA256: 3f20dfa234c20a0f6224f0c3dcf6a72202b3df634b8cc76e87373f3b52709b81
Description: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Task: postgresql-server
Supported: 5y