How To Install eekboek-db-postgresql on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is eekboek-db-postgresql

eekboek-db-postgresql is:

This package includes EB::DB::Postgres, the PostgreSQL database driver for EekBoek. It also makes sure a PostgreSQL database back end is available for EekBoek. Install it if you’d like to use EekBoek with PostgreSQL (instead of the default SQLite).

There are three methods to install eekboek-db-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 eekboek-db-postgresql Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eekboek-db-postgresql

Install eekboek-db-postgresql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eekboek-db-postgresql

Install eekboek-db-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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install eekboek-db-postgresql

How To Uninstall eekboek-db-postgresql on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove eekboek-db-postgresql

Uninstall eekboek-db-postgresql And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eekboek-db-postgresql

Remove eekboek-db-postgresql Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge eekboek-db-postgresql

Remove eekboek-db-postgresql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eekboek-db-postgresql

Dependencies

eekboek-db-postgresql have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• eekboek-db-postgresql website

Summary

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