How to Install and Uninstall postgresql-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "postgresql-common" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install postgresql-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall postgresql-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: postgresql-common
Architecture: all
Version: 173ubuntu0.3
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: 599
Depends: postgresql-client-common (>= 173ubuntu0.3), procps, adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3), ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Recommends: logrotate
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_173ubuntu0.3_all.deb
Size: 154052
MD5sum: aa8c9e50049be69ecabca8bb979a22ed
SHA1: ad41197ffa39a9e86c60628c4f4c53fb569dd808
SHA256: 3e1cceb6f67cc129838f56b3a203e5f56b2bdfcb6b8186bc96e3df106f7e5d06
SHA512: 22516d58b4070725c4ac6ded2df03635646edaf8c343f7ff8027292b78cd8449f6f4f4cf71ea4f0c845095cd1fb9e17822f3a39ec04ebf0a8c01be3b5ee268e2
Description-en: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
The postgresql-common package provides a structure under which
multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple
clusters maintained at one time.
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The commands provided are pg_conftool, pg_createcluster, pg_ctlcluster,
pg_dropcluster, pg_lsclusters, pg_renamecluster, pg_upgradecluster,
pg_virtualenv.
.
PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID
transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers,
outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types
and functions.
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Task: postgresql-server
Supported: 5y

Package: postgresql-common
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 598
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 173
Depends: postgresql-client-common (>= 173), procps, adduser, debconf (>= 0.5.00) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3), ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), ucf, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Recommends: logrotate
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_173_all.deb
Size: 153458
MD5sum: 5a9feb927bfec28b681448fb5c79673c
SHA1: 6b4baca3f13bca9211ab2a27ce13a4a6c307378e
SHA256: a12efd6dfe5c8f773a5725e262a7c8c79e5616115cdee990c24695d93983c86c
Description-en: PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
The postgresql-common package provides a structure under which
multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple
clusters maintained at one time.
.
The commands provided are pg_conftool, pg_createcluster, pg_ctlcluster,
pg_dropcluster, pg_lsclusters, pg_renamecluster, pg_upgradecluster,
pg_virtualenv.
.
PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID
transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers,
outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types
and functions.
Description-md5: 1baa00ede83212202318224f2d18d771
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: postgresql-server