How To Install libluajit-5.1-2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libluajit-5.1-2 on Kali Linux.

What is libluajit-5.1-2

libluajit-5.1-2 is:

LuaJIT implements the full set of language features defined by Lua 5.1. The virtual machine (VM) is API- and ABI-compatible to the standard Lua interpreter and can be deployed as a drop-in replacement.

This package contains an embeddable version of LuaJIT that can be used as a replacement of the standard liblua-5.1 shared library.

There are three methods to install libluajit-5.1-2 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 libluajit-5.1-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libluajit-5.1-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libluajit-5.1-2

Install libluajit-5.1-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libluajit-5.1-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libluajit-5.1-2

Install libluajit-5.1-2 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 libluajit-5.1-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libluajit-5.1-2

How To Uninstall libluajit-5.1-2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libluajit-5.1-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libluajit-5.1-2

Uninstall libluajit-5.1-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libluajit-5.1-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libluajit-5.1-2

Remove libluajit-5.1-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libluajit-5.1-2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libluajit-5.1-2

Remove libluajit-5.1-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libluajit-5.1-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libluajit-5.1-2

Dependencies

libluajit-5.1-2 have the following dependencies:

• libluajit-5.1-common
• libc6
• libgcc-s1

References

• libluajit-5.1-2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libluajit-5.1-2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.