How To Install lua-posix on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-posix on Kali Linux. lua-posix is posix library for the Lua language

Introduction

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

What is lua-posix

lua-posix is:

This package contains the Lua posix library, that includes some posix functions like fork, chmod, wait, sleep and kill.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-posix

Install lua-posix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-posix

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-posix

How To Uninstall lua-posix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-posix

Uninstall lua-posix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-posix

Remove lua-posix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-posix

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-posix have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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