How To Install odbcinst on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install odbcinst on Kali Linux.

What is odbcinst

odbcinst is:

UnixODBC is an implementation of the Open DataBase Connectivity standard, a database abstraction layer that allows applications to be used with many different relational databases by way of a single library.

This package contains the odbcinst helper tool, which allows ODBC driver packages to install their own driver settings.

There are three methods to install odbcinst 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 odbcinst Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install odbcinst

Install odbcinst Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install odbcinst using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install odbcinst

Install odbcinst 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 odbcinst using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install odbcinst

How To Uninstall odbcinst on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the odbcinst package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove odbcinst

Uninstall odbcinst And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove odbcinst

Remove odbcinst Configurations and Data

To remove odbcinst configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge odbcinst

Remove odbcinst configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odbcinst

Dependencies

odbcinst have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libltdl7
• odbcinst1debian2

References

• odbcinst website

Summary

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