How To Install compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8. compat-lua-libs is Powerful light-weight programming language (compat version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is compat-lua-libs

This package contains a compatibility version of the lua-5.1 libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-lua-libs.

Install compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install compat-lua-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-lua-libs

Install compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install compat-lua-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-lua-libs

How To Uninstall compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove compat-lua-libs

compat-lua-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/9be9f89ab7b7a600124a5dc523251b207444fb
/usr/lib64/liblua-5.1.so
/usr/lib64/lua
/usr/lib64/lua/5.1
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/README
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/contents.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/cover.png
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/logo.gif
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/lua.css
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/lua.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/luac.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/manual.css
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/manual.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/readme.html
/usr/share/lua
/usr/share/lua/5.1

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.