How to Install and Uninstall libpq-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libpq-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libpq-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libpq-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpq-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libpq-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 14.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: postgresql-14
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 572
Depends: libpq5 (= 14.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.1), libssl-dev
Suggests: postgresql-doc-14
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-14/libpq-dev_14.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 147258
MD5sum: b853b803c29cb5c5abc23ceb22ce9982
SHA1: a9eb4d0b767b4400ec801295b42cb87b5693013f
SHA256: c4d7080c2fac4521788dc3b4a021d84c26cf6df05f922930e346f72fa5cb9fa3
SHA512: e093f14482f67e63ee668b23fe81d48e918a185eb0111bcc40879acfee1d8ed17c05eab7921c250d61fdd8650db1a625e2e79b00e8d9f15e7d1ccf62e766c76f
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Description-md5: 7f4362b106aae6b219ccc880faa1f04c

Package: libpq-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 14.2-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: postgresql-14
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 562
Depends: libpq5 (= 14.2-1ubuntu1), libssl-dev
Suggests: postgresql-doc-14
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-14/libpq-dev_14.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 146036
MD5sum: dca13ff5ee520b71b89512f286426bbe
SHA1: d4cc2de168a0fe66e1df3fc70db2e840c66be52e
SHA256: d8b8653388e676a3ae2fcf565c2b1a42a01a1104062317f641e8d24f0eaff9c3
SHA512: b2c6c84341da3db157e058eef9d2056eefcd5c76d8a02f188d73db997b9baa50974943ed535541932f448c53f3735a43fbadc50949d5851fb15fea4bef6095f0
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Description-md5: 7f4362b106aae6b219ccc880faa1f04c