How To Install lua-geoip-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-geoip-dev

lua-geoip-dev is:

This package contains the development files of the lua-geoip library, useful to create a statically linked binary (like a C application or a standalone Lua interpreter)..

Documentation is also shipped within this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-geoip-dev

Install lua-geoip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-geoip-dev

Install lua-geoip-dev 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-geoip-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-geoip-dev

How To Uninstall lua-geoip-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-geoip-dev

Uninstall lua-geoip-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-geoip-dev

Remove lua-geoip-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-geoip-dev

Remove lua-geoip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-geoip-dev

Dependencies

lua-geoip-dev have the following dependencies:

• lua-geoip

References

• lua-geoip-dev website

Summary

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