How To Install postgresql-client-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-client-common on Kali Linux.

What is postgresql-client-common

postgresql-client-common is:

The postgresql-client-common package provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL client programs may be installed at the same time. It provides a wrapper which selects the right version for the particular cluster you want to access (with a command line option, an environment variable, /etc/postgresql-common/user_clusters, or ~/.postgresqlrc).

PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types and functions.

There are three methods to install postgresql-client-common 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-client-common 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-client-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-client-common

Install postgresql-client-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install postgresql-client-common

Install postgresql-client-common 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-client-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-client-common

How To Uninstall postgresql-client-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the postgresql-client-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove postgresql-client-common

Uninstall postgresql-client-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-client-common

Remove postgresql-client-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-client-common

Remove postgresql-client-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-client-common

Dependencies

postgresql-client-common have the following dependencies:

• netbase

References

• postgresql-client-common website

Summary

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