How To Install lua-expat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-expat

lua-expat is:

This package contains the bindings for the expat library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-expat

Install lua-expat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-expat

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-expat

How To Uninstall lua-expat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-expat

Uninstall lua-expat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-expat

Remove lua-expat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-expat

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-expat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libexpat1

References

• lua-expat website

Summary

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