How To Install lua-ljsyscall on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-ljsyscall

lua-ljsyscall is:

A foreign function interface (FFI) implementation of the Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD and OSX kernel ABIs for LuaJIT. This means you will be able to program all the functionality the Unix kernel provides to userspace directly in Lua. You can view it as a high level language equivalent of the Busybox project in a way, although the functionality it provides is somewhat different, and the interface very different.

This package also contains documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-ljsyscall

Install lua-ljsyscall Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-ljsyscall

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-ljsyscall

How To Uninstall lua-ljsyscall on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-ljsyscall

Uninstall lua-ljsyscall And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-ljsyscall

Remove lua-ljsyscall Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-ljsyscall

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-ljsyscall have the following dependencies:

• luajit

References

• lua-ljsyscall website

Summary

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