How To Install virtuoso-minimal on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtuoso-minimal on Kali Linux. virtuoso-minimal is high-performance database - core dependency package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtuoso-minimal on Kali Linux.

What is virtuoso-minimal

virtuoso-minimal is:

OpenLink Virtuoso is a high-performance object-relational SQL database. It provides transactions, a smart SQL compiler, hot backup, SQL:1999 support, a powerful stored-procedure language supporting server-side Java or .NET, and more. It supports all major data-access interfaces, including ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE/DB.

This is an empty package depending on the current “best” version of the core Virtuoso binaries, as recommended by the maintainers (currently virtuoso-opensource-7-bin). This should usually be depended on by all packages which use Virtuoso as an embedded database.

There are three methods to install virtuoso-minimal 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 virtuoso-minimal Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install virtuoso-minimal

Install virtuoso-minimal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install virtuoso-minimal

Install virtuoso-minimal 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 virtuoso-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virtuoso-minimal

How To Uninstall virtuoso-minimal on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the virtuoso-minimal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove virtuoso-minimal

Uninstall virtuoso-minimal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtuoso-minimal

Remove virtuoso-minimal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge virtuoso-minimal

Remove virtuoso-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtuoso-minimal

Dependencies

virtuoso-minimal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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