From e2458b9f59c8e8741684ce14979f304c206b5f90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:59:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about installing libpq via psql

---
 docs/basic/install.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/basic/install.rst b/docs/basic/install.rst
index 8cfbffa53..a7c8a48ab 100644
--- a/docs/basic/install.rst
+++ b/docs/basic/install.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ need::
 
     sudo apt install libpq5
 
+.. note::
+
+    The ``libpq`` is the client library used by :program:`psql`, the
+    PostgreSQL command line client, to connect to the database.  On most
+    systems, installing :program:`psql` will install the ``libpq`` too as a
+    dependency.
+
 If you are not able to fulfill this requirement please follow the `binary
 installation`_.
 
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