Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbf2mysql on Kali Linux.
What is dbf2mysql
dbf2mysql is:
This program takes an xBase file and sends queries to an MySQL server to
insert it into an MySQL table and vice versa.
This package now consists of two programs: the dbf2mysql, and mysql2dbf,
which makes it possible to dump an mySQL-table to a dbf-file.
There are three methods to install dbf2mysql 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 dbf2mysql Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dbf2mysql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dbf2mysqlInstall dbf2mysql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dbf2mysql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dbf2mysqlInstall dbf2mysql 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 dbf2mysql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dbf2mysql
How To Uninstall dbf2mysql on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dbf2mysql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dbf2mysqlUninstall dbf2mysql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dbf2mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbf2mysqlRemove dbf2mysql Configurations and Data
To remove dbf2mysql configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dbf2mysqlRemove dbf2mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dbf2mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbf2mysqlDependencies
dbf2mysql have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbf2mysql package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
