How To Install xavante on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xavante on Kali Linux. xavante is Lua HTTP 1.1 Web server

Introduction

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

What is xavante

xavante is:

This package contains xavante, a Lua HTTP 1.1 Web server that uses a modular architecture based on URI mapped handlers. Xavante currently offers a file handler, a redirect handler and a CGILua handler. Those are used for general files, URI remapping and CGILua scripts respectively.

The CGILua handler is considered optional thus xavante just recommends the packages needed for that handler.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xavante

Install xavante Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xavante

Install xavante 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 xavante using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xavante

How To Uninstall xavante on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xavante

Uninstall xavante And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xavante

Remove xavante Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xavante

Remove xavante configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xavante

Dependencies

xavante have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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