How To Install freetds-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds-common on Kali Linux.

What is freetds-common

freetds-common is:

FreeTDS is an implementation of the Tabular DataStream protocol, used for connecting to MS SQL and Sybase servers over TCP/IP.

This package manages the configuration files that are common to all of the TDS client library implementations (CT-Lib, DB-Lib, and ODBC), stored in /etc/freetds/.

There are three methods to install freetds-common 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 freetds-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freetds-common

Install freetds-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freetds-common

Install freetds-common 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 freetds-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freetds-common

How To Uninstall freetds-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the freetds-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freetds-common

Uninstall freetds-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freetds-common

Remove freetds-common Configurations and Data

To remove freetds-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freetds-common

Remove freetds-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freetds-common

Dependencies

freetds-common have the following dependencies:

References

• freetds-common website

Summary

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