How To Install lua-luaossl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-luaossl

lua-luaossl is:

luaossl is a comprehensive binding to OpenSSL for Lua 5.1, 5.2, and later.

It includes support for certificate and key management, key generation, signature verification, and deep bindings to the distinguished name, alternative name, and X.509v3 extension interfaces.

It also binds OpenSSL’s bignum, message digest, HMAC, cipher, and CSPRNG interfaces.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-luaossl

Install lua-luaossl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-luaossl

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-luaossl

How To Uninstall lua-luaossl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-luaossl

Uninstall lua-luaossl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-luaossl

Remove lua-luaossl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-luaossl

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-luaossl have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1

References

• lua-luaossl website

Summary

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