How To Install lua-systemd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-systemd on Kali Linux.
What is lua-systemd
lua-systemd is:
This package provides a library for working with systemd from scripts and daemons written in Lua.
Where necessary, the low level libsystemd functions have been bound in C. Higher level functions with more idiomatic Lua semantics are written in Lua on top of these C primitives.
There are three methods to install lua-systemd 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-systemd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lua-systemd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-systemdInstall lua-systemd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lua-systemd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-systemdInstall lua-systemd 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lua-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-systemdHow To Uninstall lua-systemd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lua-systemd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-systemdUninstall lua-systemd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-systemd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-systemdRemove lua-systemd Configurations and Data
To remove lua-systemd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-systemdRemove lua-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-systemd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-systemdDependencies
lua-systemd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-systemd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.