How To Install python3-postgresql on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-postgresql on Kali Linux.
What is python3-postgresql
python3-postgresql is:
py-postgresql is a python3 DB-API driver, including cluster management tools and client development tools. Written in pure Python 3 with optional optimizations written in C.
It provides support for protocol-level prepared statements, the COPY interface, arrays and composite types, and a console to run quick tests and simple scripts in PostgreSQL called pg_python.
There are three methods to install python3-postgresql 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 python3-postgresql Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-postgresql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-postgresqlInstall python3-postgresql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-postgresql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-postgresqlInstall python3-postgresql 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-postgresql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-postgresqlHow To Uninstall python3-postgresql on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-postgresql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-postgresqlUninstall python3-postgresql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-postgresql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-postgresqlRemove python3-postgresql Configurations and Data
To remove python3-postgresql configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-postgresqlRemove python3-postgresql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-postgresql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-postgresqlDependencies
python3-postgresql have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-postgresql package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.