How To Install libcppdb-postgresql0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcppdb-postgresql0 on Kali Linux. libcppdb-postgresql0 is SQL Connectivity Library (PostgreSQL backend)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcppdb-postgresql0 on Kali Linux.

What is libcppdb-postgresql0

libcppdb-postgresql0 is:

CppDB is an SQL connectivity library that is designed to provide platform and Database independent connectivity API similarly to what JDBC, ODBC and other connectivity libraries do.

This library is developed as part of CppCMS Project - the C++ Web Development Framework. . CppDB was designed with following goals in the mind:

  • Performance is the primary goal - make fastest possible SQL connectivity as possible
  • Transparent connection pooling support
  • Transparent prepared statements caching
  • Dynamic DB modules loading and optional static linking
  • Full and high priority support of FOSS RDBMS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sqlite3
  • Support as many RDBMSs as possible via cppdb-odbc bridge
  • Simplicity in use
  • Locale safety
  • Support of both explicit verbose API and brief and nice syntactic sugar

This package contains the PostgreSQL backend

There are three methods to install libcppdb-postgresql0 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 libcppdb-postgresql0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcppdb-postgresql0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcppdb-postgresql0

Install libcppdb-postgresql0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcppdb-postgresql0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcppdb-postgresql0

Install libcppdb-postgresql0 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 libcppdb-postgresql0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcppdb-postgresql0

How To Uninstall libcppdb-postgresql0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcppdb-postgresql0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcppdb-postgresql0

Uninstall libcppdb-postgresql0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcppdb-postgresql0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcppdb-postgresql0

Remove libcppdb-postgresql0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcppdb-postgresql0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcppdb-postgresql0

Remove libcppdb-postgresql0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcppdb-postgresql0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcppdb-postgresql0

Dependencies

libcppdb-postgresql0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcppdb-postgresql0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.