How To Install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts on Kali Linux.

What is postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts is:

PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS “spatially enables” the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRI’s SDE or Oracle’s Spatial extension. PostGIS follows the OpenGIS “Simple Features Specification for SQL”.

This package contains the SQL scripts for installing PostGIS in a PostgreSQL 13 database, and for upgrading from earlier PostGIS versions.

There are three methods to install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts 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-postgis-3-scripts 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-postgis-3-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

Install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

Install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts 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-postgis-3-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

How To Uninstall postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

Uninstall postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

Remove postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts Configurations and Data

To remove postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

Remove postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts

Dependencies

postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-13-postgis-3-scripts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.