How To Install lua-bit32 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bit32 on Kali Linux. lua-bit32 is Backport of the Lua 5.2 bit32 library to Lua 5.1

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bit32 on Kali Linux.

What is lua-bit32

lua-bit32 is:

This package provides the bit32 library for Lua 5.1, a back port of the bit32 library of Lua 5.2 and 5.3. Such library implements bitwise operations on 32 bit integers.

There are three methods to install lua-bit32 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-bit32 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-bit32 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-bit32

Install lua-bit32 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-bit32 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lua-bit32

Install lua-bit32 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-bit32 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-bit32

How To Uninstall lua-bit32 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lua-bit32 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua-bit32

Uninstall lua-bit32 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-bit32 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-bit32

Remove lua-bit32 Configurations and Data

To remove lua-bit32 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-bit32

Remove lua-bit32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lua-bit32 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-bit32

Dependencies

lua-bit32 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bit32 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.