How To Install libecpg-compat3 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libecpg-compat3 on Kali Linux.
What is libecpg-compat3
libecpg-compat3 is:
The libecpg_compat shared library is used by programs built with ecpg. (Embedded PostgreSQL for C).
PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.
There are three methods to install libecpg-compat3 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 libecpg-compat3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libecpg-compat3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libecpg-compat3Install libecpg-compat3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libecpg-compat3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libecpg-compat3Install libecpg-compat3 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libecpg-compat3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libecpg-compat3How To Uninstall libecpg-compat3 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libecpg-compat3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libecpg-compat3Uninstall libecpg-compat3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libecpg-compat3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libecpg-compat3Remove libecpg-compat3 Configurations and Data
To remove libecpg-compat3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libecpg-compat3Remove libecpg-compat3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libecpg-compat3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libecpg-compat3Dependencies
libecpg-compat3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libecpg-compat3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
