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libpq@16

brew install libpq@16 v16.14 PostgreSQL keg-only

Postgres C API library

63
30-day installs · #4229
210
90-day · #4101
1.3k
365-day · #3476

Runtime dependencies

icu4c@78 krb5 openssl@3

Build dependencies

pkgconf

Links

Keg-only reason

:versioned_formula

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