How To Install lua-dkjson on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-dkjson on Debian 9. lua-dkjson is JSON module written in Lua

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-dkjson on Debian 9.

What is lua-dkjson

lua-dkjson is:

dkjson is a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder / decoder. It supports UTF-8.

It is written in Lua without any dependencies, but when LPeg (provided in Debian by lua-lpeg) is installed dkjson uses it to speed up decoding.

There are three methods to install lua-dkjson on Debian 9. 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-dkjson 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-dkjson using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-dkjson

Install lua-dkjson Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-dkjson

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-dkjson

How To Uninstall lua-dkjson on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-dkjson

Uninstall lua-dkjson And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-dkjson and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-dkjson

Remove lua-dkjson Configurations and Data

To remove lua-dkjson configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-dkjson

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-dkjson have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-dkjson package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.