How To Install libpqtypes-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpqtypes-dev on Kali Linux. libpqtypes-dev is parameterized queries libpq extension - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpqtypes-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpqtypes-dev

libpqtypes-dev is:

libpqtypes is a libpq extension that offers a new way of handling parameterized queries and getting result field values. Both putting parameters and getting values use a printf/scanf style interface, with consistent specifiers for both.

  • Full support for binary and text format. (parameter and result)
  • Full support for composites, arrays and composite arrays. (binary format only)
  • printf style interface to libpq’s binary parameterized API. (PQputf)
  • scanf style interface for getting values: PQgetvalue extension. (PQgetf)
  • Ability to register user-defined types, aliases and data type sub-classes for use with printf style interfaces: ex. “%mytype”.
  • Per-thread global error message. (PQgeterror)
  • Online docs as well as man pages.

This package contains the headers and manpages.

There are three methods to install libpqtypes-dev 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 libpqtypes-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpqtypes-dev

Install libpqtypes-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpqtypes-dev

Install libpqtypes-dev 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 libpqtypes-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpqtypes-dev

How To Uninstall libpqtypes-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpqtypes-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpqtypes-dev

Uninstall libpqtypes-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpqtypes-dev

Remove libpqtypes-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpqtypes-dev

Remove libpqtypes-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpqtypes-dev

Dependencies

libpqtypes-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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