How To Install hexchat-lua on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-lua
on Kali Linux.
What is hexchat-lua
hexchat-lua is:
This package contains the Lua plugin for Hexchat. Previously included in the main HexChat package, it’s now separate as it’s not actually required for core functionality.
There are three methods to install hexchat-lua
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 hexchat-lua Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-lua
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexchat-lua
Install hexchat-lua Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-lua
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexchat-lua
Install hexchat-lua 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 hexchat-lua
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexchat-lua
How To Uninstall hexchat-lua on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the hexchat-lua
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexchat-lua
Uninstall hexchat-lua And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexchat-lua
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat-lua
Remove hexchat-lua Configurations and Data
To remove hexchat-lua
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat-lua
Remove hexchat-lua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexchat-lua
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat-lua
Dependencies
hexchat-lua have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-lua
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.