How To Install dh-lua on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dh-lua

dh-lua is:

This package contains the Debian policy for the Debian packages relative to the Lua scripting language, as well as some tools to help build them.

There are three methods to install dh-lua 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 dh-lua Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-lua

Install dh-lua Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-lua

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

sudo aptitude -y install dh-lua

How To Uninstall dh-lua on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dh-lua

Uninstall dh-lua And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-lua

Remove dh-lua Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-lua

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

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

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

Dependencies

dh-lua have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• dh-lua website

Summary

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