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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "postgresql-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install postgresql-common on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall postgresql-common on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: postgresql-common
Architecture: all
Version: 214ubuntu0.1
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: 677
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3), perl (>= 5.14), postgresql-client-common (= 214ubuntu0.1), ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf
Recommends: e2fsprogs, logrotate
Suggests: libjson-perl
Breaks: postgresql-9.1 (<< 9.1.1-3~), postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204), systemd (<< 204)
Replaces: postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204)
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_214ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 169104
MD5sum: d4de887ddee486f977af5db60499913c
SHA1: ddf09a1c69c199c5db4b8c139b94337a627aaa64
SHA256: 608c734efc17944b12aaaed82f7bdefaff96622cd80fb1b5304fcb354ef3cda8
SHA512: e95f04660e0426be17f348d1bcb776b553327b0d6827754f4ed105a55814081336db05e41b548b892f3deb3486dffa638d08438b3a9ca59663c4368faf5b0cfd
Description: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Task: postgresql-server

Package: postgresql-common
Architecture: all
Version: 214
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: 678
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3), perl (>= 5.14), postgresql-client-common (= 214), ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf
Recommends: e2fsprogs, logrotate
Suggests: libjson-perl
Breaks: postgresql-9.1 (<< 9.1.1-3~), postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204), systemd (<< 204)
Replaces: postgresql-server-dev-all (<< 204)
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-common/postgresql-common_214_all.deb
Size: 169312
MD5sum: ae3ffeee4dc155139eb1894747293e04
SHA1: 9c8084166cac65f22857f69d645e62bca378196e
SHA256: 80b22fdef602083bec826ae3514e984343daf41dfa23b9528489b643bdcda02c
Description: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Task: postgresql-server