How To Install libluajit-5.1-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libluajit-5.1-dev

libluajit-5.1-dev is:

This package contains header files and a statically linkable library for LuaJIT.

There are three methods to install libluajit-5.1-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libluajit-5.1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libluajit-5.1-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libluajit-5.1-dev

How To Uninstall libluajit-5.1-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libluajit-5.1-dev

Uninstall libluajit-5.1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libluajit-5.1-dev 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-dev

Remove libluajit-5.1-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libluajit-5.1-dev have the following dependencies:

• libluajit-5.1-2

References

• libluajit-5.1-dev website

Summary

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