How To Install lua-event on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-event on Kali Linux. lua-event is asynchronous event notification library for Lua

Introduction

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

What is lua-event

lua-event is:

This package contains the bindings for libevent, a synchronous event notification library that provides a mechanish to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-event

Install lua-event Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-event

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-event

How To Uninstall lua-event on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-event

Uninstall lua-event And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-event

Remove lua-event Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-event

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-event have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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