How To Install lua-iconv on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-iconv on Kali Linux.

What is lua-iconv

lua-iconv is:

This package provides POSIX ‘iconv’ bindings for the Lua programming language. It converts a sequence of characters from one codeset into a sequence of corresponding characters in another codeset.

There are three methods to install lua-iconv 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 lua-iconv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-iconv

Install lua-iconv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-iconv

Install lua-iconv 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 lua-iconv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-iconv

How To Uninstall lua-iconv on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lua-iconv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua-iconv

Uninstall lua-iconv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-iconv

Remove lua-iconv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-iconv

Remove lua-iconv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-iconv

Dependencies

lua-iconv have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lua-iconv website

Summary

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