How To Install lua-rex-onig on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-onig on Kali Linux. lua-rex-onig is Onig regular expressions library for the Lua language

Introduction

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

What is lua-rex-onig

lua-rex-onig is:

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

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

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

Install lua-rex-onig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-rex-onig

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-onig

How To Uninstall lua-rex-onig on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-onig

Uninstall lua-rex-onig And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove lua-rex-onig Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-rex-onig have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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