How To Install postgresql-13-pgpcre on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-13-pgpcre on Kali Linux.

What is postgresql-13-pgpcre

postgresql-13-pgpcre is:

This is a module for PostgreSQL that exposes Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE) functionality as functions and operators. It is based on the popular PCRE library.

Some possible advantages over the regular expression support built into PostgreSQL:

• richer pattern language, more familiar to Perl and Python programmers
• complete Unicode support
• saner operators and functions Some disadvantages:
• no repeated matching (‘g’ flag)
• no index optimization

There are three methods to install postgresql-13-pgpcre 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 postgresql-13-pgpcre Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-13-pgpcre using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-13-pgpcre

Install postgresql-13-pgpcre Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-13-pgpcre using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install postgresql-13-pgpcre

Install postgresql-13-pgpcre 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 postgresql-13-pgpcre using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-13-pgpcre

How To Uninstall postgresql-13-pgpcre on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the postgresql-13-pgpcre package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove postgresql-13-pgpcre

Uninstall postgresql-13-pgpcre And Its Dependencies

To uninstall postgresql-13-pgpcre and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-13-pgpcre

Remove postgresql-13-pgpcre Configurations and Data

To remove postgresql-13-pgpcre configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-13-pgpcre

Remove postgresql-13-pgpcre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove postgresql-13-pgpcre configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-13-pgpcre

Dependencies

postgresql-13-pgpcre have the following dependencies:

• postgresql-13
• libc6
• libpcre3

References

• postgresql-13-pgpcre website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-13-pgpcre package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.