How To Install bpfcc-lua on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bpfcc-lua

bpfcc-lua is:

BPF Compiler Collection (BCC) is a toolkit for creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs

It makes use of extended BPF (Berkeley Package Filter) and provides tools for BPF based Linux IO analysis, networking, monitoring and more

This package provides the Lua bindings

There are three methods to install bpfcc-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 bpfcc-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 bpfcc-lua using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bpfcc-lua

Install bpfcc-lua Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bpfcc-lua

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

sudo aptitude -y install bpfcc-lua

How To Uninstall bpfcc-lua on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bpfcc-lua

Uninstall bpfcc-lua And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bpfcc-lua

Remove bpfcc-lua Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bpfcc-lua

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

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

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

Dependencies

bpfcc-lua have the following dependencies:

• libbpfcc
• libc6
• libgcc-s1

References

• bpfcc-lua website

Summary

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