How To Install lua-dbi-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-dbi-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lua-dbi-sqlite3
lua-dbi-sqlite3 is:
Lua DBI is a database interface library for Lua. It is designed to provide a RDBMS agnostic API for handling database operations. LuaDBI also provides support for prepared statement handles, placeholders and bind parameters for all database operations.
This package contains the sqlite3 backend.
Lua DBI is a better alternative to lua-sql since it supports prepared statements.
There are three methods to install lua-dbi-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-dbi-sqlite3 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-dbi-sqlite3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-dbi-sqlite3
Install lua-dbi-sqlite3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-dbi-sqlite3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-dbi-sqlite3
Install lua-dbi-sqlite3 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-dbi-sqlite3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-dbi-sqlite3
How To Uninstall lua-dbi-sqlite3 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lua-dbi-sqlite3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-dbi-sqlite3
Uninstall lua-dbi-sqlite3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-dbi-sqlite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-dbi-sqlite3
Remove lua-dbi-sqlite3 Configurations and Data
To remove lua-dbi-sqlite3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-dbi-sqlite3
Remove lua-dbi-sqlite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-dbi-sqlite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-dbi-sqlite3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-dbi-sqlite3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
