How To Install lua-any on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-any

lua-any is:

Some Lua script do actually work with many, but not all, Lua versions in the Debian archive. This package contains the lua-any interpreter to be used in the shebang lines of such scripts. lua-any reads metadata stored in comments in the Lua script and selects an appropriate Lua interpreter.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-any

Install lua-any Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-any

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-any

How To Uninstall lua-any on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-any

Uninstall lua-any And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-any

Remove lua-any Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-any

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-any have the following dependencies:

• lua5.1

References

• lua-any website

Summary

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