How To Install lua-argparse on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-argparse

lua-argparse is:

Argparse supports positional arguments, options, flags, optional arguments, subcommands and more. Argparse automatically generates usage, help and error messages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-argparse

Install lua-argparse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-argparse

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-argparse

How To Uninstall lua-argparse on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-argparse

Uninstall lua-argparse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-argparse

Remove lua-argparse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-argparse

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-argparse have the following dependencies:

References

• lua-argparse website

Summary

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