How To Install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8. lua-alt-getopt is Argument processing module for Lua

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8.

What is lua-alt-getopt

alt-getopt is a module for Lua programming language for processing application’s arguments the same way BSD/GNU getopt_long(3) functions do. The main goal is compatibility with SUS “Utility Syntax Guidelines” guidelines 3-13.

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

Install lua-alt-getopt 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 lua-alt-getopt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-alt-getopt

Install lua-alt-getopt 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 lua-alt-getopt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lua-alt-getopt

How To Uninstall lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lua-alt-getopt

lua-alt-getopt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/lua-alt-getopt
/usr/share/doc/lua-alt-getopt/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/lua-alt-getopt/README
/usr/share/licenses/lua-alt-getopt
/usr/share/licenses/lua-alt-getopt/LICENSE
/usr/share/lua/5.3/alt_getopt.lua

References

Summary

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