How To Install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres on Kali Linux.

What is tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres is:

Tdbc is an interface standard for SQL databases and connectivity that aims to make it easy to write portable and secure Tcl scripts that access SQL databases. This package provides the driver for the PostgreSQL DBMS.

There are three methods to install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres 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 tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

Install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

Install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres 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 tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

How To Uninstall tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

Uninstall tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

Remove tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres Configurations and Data

To remove tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

Remove tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres

Dependencies

tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• tcl8.6
• tcl8.6-tdbc
• postgresql-client

References

• tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl8.6-tdbc-postgres package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.