How to Install libpq-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libpq-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libpq-dev software package provides header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev 

libpq-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libpq-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libpq-dev *

You will get with libpq-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libpq-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libpq-dev
Version 9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04 [amd64,
Description header files for libpq5 (PostgreSQL library)
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libpq-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?