How To Install lua-ansicolors on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-ansicolors

lua-ansicolors is:

provides the ‘ansicolors’ function which allows the Lua programmer to output colored (both foreground and background) and stylized text.

One can use standard terminal colors: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white.

The following styles are also available: bright, dim, underline, blink, reverse, hidden, reset.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-ansicolors

Install lua-ansicolors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-ansicolors

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-ansicolors

How To Uninstall lua-ansicolors on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-ansicolors

Uninstall lua-ansicolors And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-ansicolors

Remove lua-ansicolors Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-ansicolors

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-ansicolors have the following dependencies:

References

• lua-ansicolors website

Summary

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