How To Install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus on Kali Linux.

What is oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

oracle-instantclient-sqlplus is:

This package contains additional libraries and executable for running SQL*Plus with Instant Client.

There are three methods to install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus 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 oracle-instantclient-sqlplus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

Install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

Install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus 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 oracle-instantclient-sqlplus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

How To Uninstall oracle-instantclient-sqlplus on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the oracle-instantclient-sqlplus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

Uninstall oracle-instantclient-sqlplus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

Remove oracle-instantclient-sqlplus Configurations and Data

To remove oracle-instantclient-sqlplus configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

Remove oracle-instantclient-sqlplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove oracle-instantclient-sqlplus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oracle-instantclient-sqlplus

Dependencies

oracle-instantclient-sqlplus have the following dependencies:

• libaio1
• libc6
• oracle-instantclient-basic

References

• oracle-instantclient-sqlplus website

Summary

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