How To Install lua-socket on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lua-socket

lua-socket is:

Luasocket provides a TCP/UDP socket library for the Lua language

Also provided are HTTP and SMTP implementations, a simple FTP implementation and some URL parsing functions.

Luasocket supports blocking and non-blocking sockets and also provides a select() interface to the language.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-socket

Install lua-socket Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-socket

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-socket

How To Uninstall lua-socket on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-socket

Uninstall lua-socket And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-socket

Remove lua-socket Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-socket

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-socket have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lua-socket website

Summary

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