How To Install postgresql-contrib on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is postgresql-contrib

postgresql-contrib is:

This metapackage always depends on the currently supported PostgreSQL database contrib package.

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. Some of the features are: ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many programming languages are available as well.

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

sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-contrib

Install postgresql-contrib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install postgresql-contrib

Install postgresql-contrib 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-contrib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-contrib

How To Uninstall postgresql-contrib on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove postgresql-contrib

Uninstall postgresql-contrib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-contrib

Remove postgresql-contrib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-contrib

Remove postgresql-contrib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-contrib

Dependencies

postgresql-contrib have the following dependencies:

• postgresql-contrib-13

References

• postgresql-contrib website

Summary

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