How To Install lua-lgi on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-lgi

lua-lgi is:

LGI is gobject-introspection based dynamic Lua binding to GObject based libraries. It allows using GObject-based libraries directly from Lua.

Notable examples are GTK+, GStreamer and Webkit.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-lgi

Install lua-lgi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-lgi

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-lgi

How To Uninstall lua-lgi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-lgi

Uninstall lua-lgi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-lgi

Remove lua-lgi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-lgi

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-lgi have the following dependencies:

• gir1.2-glib-2.0
• libc6
• libffi7
• libgirepository-1.0-1
• libglib2.0-0

References

• lua-lgi website

Summary

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