How To Install lua-sql-odbc on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is lua-sql-odbc

lua-sql-odbc is:

This package contains the luasql library (ODBC backend).

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-sql-odbc

Install lua-sql-odbc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-sql-odbc

Install lua-sql-odbc 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-sql-odbc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-sql-odbc

How To Uninstall lua-sql-odbc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-sql-odbc

Uninstall lua-sql-odbc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-sql-odbc

Remove lua-sql-odbc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-sql-odbc

Remove lua-sql-odbc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-sql-odbc

Dependencies

lua-sql-odbc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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