Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-doc on Kali Linux.
What is postgresql-doc
postgresql-doc is:
This metapackage always depends on the currently supported PostgreSQL
database documentation package.
PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management
system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed
to be extensible by users in many aspects. Some of the features are:
ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries,
triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion
concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many
programming languages are available as well.
There are three methods to install postgresql-doc 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 postgresql-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install postgresql-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-docInstall postgresql-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postgresql-docInstall postgresql-doc 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 postgresql-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-doc
How To Uninstall postgresql-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the postgresql-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postgresql-doc
Uninstall postgresql-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postgresql-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-doc
Remove postgresql-doc Configurations and Data
To remove postgresql-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-doc
Remove postgresql-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postgresql-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-doc
Dependencies
postgresql-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
