How To Install lua-mpack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-mpack

lua-mpack is:

libmpack is a small binary serialization/RPC library that implements both the msgpack and msgpack-rpc specifications.

This package provides the Lua bindings based on libmpack.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-mpack

Install lua-mpack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-mpack

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-mpack

How To Uninstall lua-mpack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-mpack

Uninstall lua-mpack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-mpack

Remove lua-mpack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-mpack

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-mpack have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libmpack0

References

• lua-mpack website

Summary

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