How To Install lua-coxpcall on Debian 10

Learn how to install lua-coxpcall on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lua-coxpcall is Protected function calls across coroutines for Lua

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-coxpcall on Debian 10.

What is lua-coxpcall

lua-coxpcall is:

This package contains coxpcall, a Lua library that extends the protected call mechanism typical of Lua (xpcall and pcall) allowing it to cross coroutines boundaries.

This package also contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install lua-coxpcall on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lua-coxpcall Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-coxpcall

Install lua-coxpcall Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-coxpcall

Install lua-coxpcall Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-coxpcall

How To Uninstall lua-coxpcall on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-coxpcall

Uninstall lua-coxpcall And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-coxpcall and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-coxpcall

Remove lua-coxpcall Configurations and Data

To remove lua-coxpcall configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-coxpcall

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-coxpcall have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-coxpcall package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.