How To Install lua-rex-gnu on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-rex-gnu

lua-rex-gnu is:

This package provides bindings for GNU regular expressions to the Lua language.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-rex-gnu

Install lua-rex-gnu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-rex-gnu

Install lua-rex-gnu 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-rex-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-gnu

How To Uninstall lua-rex-gnu on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-gnu

Uninstall lua-rex-gnu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rex-gnu

Remove lua-rex-gnu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rex-gnu

Remove lua-rex-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rex-gnu

Dependencies

lua-rex-gnu have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lua-rex-gnu website

Summary

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