How to Install and Uninstall libpq-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libpq-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpq-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libpq-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libpq-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: postgresql-15
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 581
Depends: libpq5 (= 15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1), libssl-dev
Suggests: postgresql-doc-15
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-15/libpq-dev_15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1_amd64.deb
Size: 148676
MD5sum: 2d8f5f84c3af7eee0ab83fa36ee3f4ed
SHA1: 7bbb79f2b65e1587647d6b115e41f2a764f8a645
SHA256: e8f395d4eb078beaad461b944260a87979cf04da970587528d2ad822b4bec2b6
SHA512: 7e0b52e16e06c1b1058b0f91d1429fe383d68de89d3a79b195254468d61d8b068fe47ca588a3bcbd1c81a13776ab8fdfbb6ee0e9aafc21ba305241c8ad4124b6
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Description-md5: 7f4362b106aae6b219ccc880faa1f04c

Package: libpq-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 15.4-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: postgresql-15
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 579
Depends: libpq5 (= 15.4-1ubuntu1), libssl-dev
Suggests: postgresql-doc-15
Filename: pool/main/p/postgresql-15/libpq-dev_15.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 148516
MD5sum: 4179a0177548fce4099b15c756d0b6ce
SHA1: 27f30e14b566dba6d4c4564734f09d9e4327e6e9
SHA256: 4b1f44f504575dd3a3a9ae3d5832836a10722253520737aa781150214f206017
SHA512: bc86d8ecd1d70d20ffda55305e75ee2e35ca0f891bf9ad2b1c79bf1cd08bed9024744b234bf58250d1aebed166ba057e515a7ef9028d1d86014278c404f50068
Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Description: header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Description-md5: 7f4362b106aae6b219ccc880faa1f04c