How To Install lua-dbi-mysql on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-dbi-mysql

lua-dbi-mysql is:

Lua DBI is a database interface library for Lua. It is designed to provide a RDBMS agnostic API for handling database operations. LuaDBI also provides support for prepared statement handles, placeholders and bind parameters for all database operations.

This package contains the MySQL backend.

Lua DBI is a better alternative to lua-sql since it supports prepared statements.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-dbi-mysql

Install lua-dbi-mysql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-dbi-mysql

Install lua-dbi-mysql 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-dbi-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-dbi-mysql

How To Uninstall lua-dbi-mysql on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-dbi-mysql

Uninstall lua-dbi-mysql And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-dbi-mysql

Remove lua-dbi-mysql Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-dbi-mysql

Remove lua-dbi-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-dbi-mysql

Dependencies

lua-dbi-mysql have the following dependencies:

• lua-dbi-common
• libc6
• libmariadb3

References

• lua-dbi-mysql website

Summary

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