How To Install lua-ldoc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-ldoc

lua-ldoc is:

LDoc is a LuaDoc-compatible documentation generation system for Lua source code. It parses the declaration and documentation comments in a set of Lua source files and produces a set of XHTML pages describing the commented declarations and functions.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-ldoc

Install lua-ldoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-ldoc

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-ldoc

How To Uninstall lua-ldoc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-ldoc

Uninstall lua-ldoc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-ldoc

Remove lua-ldoc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-ldoc

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-ldoc have the following dependencies:

• lua-any
• lua-filesystem
• lua-penlight
• lua5.1

References

• lua-ldoc website

Summary

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