How To Install lua-filesystem on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-filesystem

lua-filesystem is:

This package contains the luafilesystem library, a set of portable functions for directory creation, listing and deletion and for file locking.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-filesystem

Install lua-filesystem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-filesystem

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-filesystem

How To Uninstall lua-filesystem on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-filesystem

Uninstall lua-filesystem And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-filesystem

Remove lua-filesystem Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-filesystem

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-filesystem have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lua-filesystem website

Summary

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