How To Install odbc-mdbtools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbc-mdbtools on Kali Linux.
What is odbc-mdbtools
odbc-mdbtools is:
This is the software driver to access JET / MS Access database (MDB) files through ODBC. This also contains the installation interface for unixodbc.
There are three methods to install odbc-mdbtools 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 odbc-mdbtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install odbc-mdbtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install odbc-mdbtoolsInstall odbc-mdbtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install odbc-mdbtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install odbc-mdbtoolsInstall odbc-mdbtools 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 odbc-mdbtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install odbc-mdbtoolsHow To Uninstall odbc-mdbtools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the odbc-mdbtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove odbc-mdbtoolsUninstall odbc-mdbtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall odbc-mdbtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove odbc-mdbtoolsRemove odbc-mdbtools Configurations and Data
To remove odbc-mdbtools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge odbc-mdbtoolsRemove odbc-mdbtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove odbc-mdbtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odbc-mdbtoolsDependencies
odbc-mdbtools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install odbc-mdbtools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
