How To Install lua-nginx-kafka on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-nginx-kafka

lua-nginx-kafka is:

Lua kafka client driver for the ngx_lua based on the cosocket API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-nginx-kafka

Install lua-nginx-kafka Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-nginx-kafka

Install lua-nginx-kafka 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-nginx-kafka using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-nginx-kafka

How To Uninstall lua-nginx-kafka on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-nginx-kafka

Uninstall lua-nginx-kafka And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-nginx-kafka

Remove lua-nginx-kafka Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-nginx-kafka

Remove lua-nginx-kafka configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-nginx-kafka

Dependencies

lua-nginx-kafka have the following dependencies:

References

• lua-nginx-kafka website

Summary

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