How To Install lua-cliargs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-cliargs

lua-cliargs is:

This module adds support for accepting CLI arguments easily using multiple notations and argument types.

cliargs allows you to define required, optional, and flag arguments.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-cliargs

Install lua-cliargs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-cliargs

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-cliargs

How To Uninstall lua-cliargs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-cliargs

Uninstall lua-cliargs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-cliargs

Remove lua-cliargs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-cliargs

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-cliargs have the following dependencies:

• lua-dkjson
• lua-inifile
• lua-yaml

References

• lua-cliargs website

Summary

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