How To Install luajit on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install luajit on Kali Linux.

What is luajit

luajit is:

LuaJIT implements the full set of language features defined by Lua 5.1. The virtual machine (VM) is API- and ABI-compatible to the standard Lua interpreter and can be deployed as a drop-in replacement.

This package contains the standalone interpreter/jitter that can be used as a replacement for the standard lua5.1 interpreter.

There are three methods to install luajit 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 luajit Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install luajit

Install luajit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install luajit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install luajit

Install luajit 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 luajit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install luajit

How To Uninstall luajit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the luajit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove luajit

Uninstall luajit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove luajit

Remove luajit Configurations and Data

To remove luajit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge luajit

Remove luajit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge luajit

Dependencies

luajit have the following dependencies:

• libluajit-5.1-2
• libluajit-5.1-common
• libc6
• libgcc-s1

References

• luajit website

Summary

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