How To Install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8. lua-filesystem is File System Library for the Lua Programming Language

Introduction

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

What is lua-filesystem

LuaFileSystem is a Lua library developed to complement the set of functions related to file systems offered by the standard Lua distribution. LuaFileSystem offers a portable way to access the underlying directory structure and file attributes.

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

Install lua-filesystem 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-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-filesystem

Install lua-filesystem 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-filesystem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lua-filesystem

How To Uninstall lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lua-filesystem

lua-filesystem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/0083e57bebd9c1dd8673264a8323ebd2f46dd4
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lfs.so
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/README
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/doc.css
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/examples.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/index.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/license.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/luafilesystem.png
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/manual.html

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Summary

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