How To Install lua-rex-tre on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is lua-rex-tre

lua-rex-tre is:

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

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

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

Install lua-rex-tre Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-rex-tre

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-tre

How To Uninstall lua-rex-tre on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-tre

Uninstall lua-rex-tre And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove lua-rex-tre Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-rex-tre have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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