How To Install qdbm-util on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qdbm-util on Kali Linux.

What is qdbm-util

qdbm-util is:

QDBM is an embedded database library compatible with GDBM and NDBM. It features hash database and B+ tree database and is developed referring to GDBM for the purpose of the following three points: higher processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API. This is the QDBM Database utilities package.

There are three methods to install qdbm-util 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 qdbm-util Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qdbm-util using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qdbm-util

Install qdbm-util Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qdbm-util

Install qdbm-util 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 qdbm-util using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qdbm-util

How To Uninstall qdbm-util on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qdbm-util package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qdbm-util

Uninstall qdbm-util And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qdbm-util

Remove qdbm-util Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qdbm-util

Remove qdbm-util configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qdbm-util

Dependencies

qdbm-util have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libqdbm14

References

• qdbm-util website

Summary

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