How to Install libpq5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libpq5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libpq5 software package provides PostgreSQL C client 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 libpq5 

libpq5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libpq5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libpq5 *

You will get with libpq5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libpq5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package libpq5
Version 9.3.14-0ubuntu0.14.04 [amd64,
Description PostgreSQL C client library
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libpq5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?