How To Install dbview on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbview on Kali Linux.

What is dbview

dbview is:

Dbview is a little tool that will display dBase III and IV files. You can also use it to convert your old .dbf files for further use with Unix.

It wasn’t the intention to write a freaking viewer and reinvent the wheel again. Instead dbview is intend to be used in conjunction with your favourite unix text utilities like cut, recode and more.

There are three methods to install dbview on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dbview Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dbview using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dbview

Install dbview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dbview using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dbview

Install dbview Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dbview using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dbview

How To Uninstall dbview on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dbview package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dbview

Uninstall dbview And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dbview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbview

Remove dbview Configurations and Data

To remove dbview configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dbview

Remove dbview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dbview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbview

Dependencies

dbview have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• dbview website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbview package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.