How To Install lua-inspect on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-inspect

lua-inspect is:

This library transforms any Lua value into a human-readable representation. It is especially useful for debugging errors in tables.

The objective here is human understanding (i.e. for debugging), not serialization or compactness.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-inspect

Install lua-inspect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-inspect

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-inspect

How To Uninstall lua-inspect on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-inspect

Uninstall lua-inspect And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-inspect

Remove lua-inspect Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-inspect

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-inspect have the following dependencies:

References

• lua-inspect website

Summary

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