How To Install lua-leg on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-leg

lua-leg is:

This package contains leg, a Lua library exporting a complete Lua 5.1 grammar and a small API for user manipulation. It can be used to implement a macro preprocessor or any other task that needs to parse a .lua file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-leg

Install lua-leg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-leg

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-leg

How To Uninstall lua-leg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-leg

Uninstall lua-leg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-leg

Remove lua-leg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-leg

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-leg have the following dependencies:

• lua-lpeg

References

• lua-leg website

Summary

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