How To Install lighttpd-modules-lua on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-modules-lua on Kali Linux. lighttpd-modules-lua is LUA-based modules for lighttpd

Introduction

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

What is lighttpd-modules-lua

lighttpd-modules-lua is:

This package contains the following modules:

  • mod_magnet: control the request handling module for lighttpd mod_magnet can attract a request in several stages in the request-handling. either at the same level as mod_rewrite, before any parsing of the URL is done or at a later stage, when the doc-root is known and the physical-path is already setup.
  • mod_cml: cache meta language module for lighttpd With the cache meta language, it is possible to describe to the dependencies of a cached file to its source files/scripts. For the cache files, the scripting language Lua is used. THIS MODULE IS OBSOLETED, USE mod_magnet INSTEAD.

Do not depend on this package. Depend on the provided lighttpd-mod-* packages instead.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-modules-lua

Install lighttpd-modules-lua Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lighttpd-modules-lua

Install lighttpd-modules-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 lighttpd-modules-lua using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-modules-lua

How To Uninstall lighttpd-modules-lua on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-modules-lua

Uninstall lighttpd-modules-lua And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-modules-lua

Remove lighttpd-modules-lua Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-modules-lua

Remove lighttpd-modules-lua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lighttpd-modules-lua

Dependencies

lighttpd-modules-lua have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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