How To Install lua-ldap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-ldap on Kali Linux. lua-ldap is LDAP library for the Lua language

Introduction

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

What is lua-ldap

lua-ldap is:

This package contains the Lua LDAP library to:

  • Connect to an LDAP server (OpenLDAP or ADSI/WinLDAP);
  • Execute any operation (search, add, compare, delete, modify and rename);
  • Retrieve entries and references of the search result.

This package contains the runtime library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-ldap

Install lua-ldap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-ldap

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-ldap

How To Uninstall lua-ldap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-ldap

Uninstall lua-ldap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-ldap

Remove lua-ldap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-ldap

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-ldap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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