How To Install lua-json on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-json on Rocky Linux 8. lua-json is JSON Parser/Constructor for Lua

Introduction

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

What is lua-json

LuaJSON is a customizable JSON decoder/encoder, using LPEG for parsing.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install lua-json

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

sudo yum -y install lua-json

How To Uninstall lua-json on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lua-json

lua-json Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/lua-json
/usr/share/doc/lua-json/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/lua-json/LuaJSON.txt
/usr/share/doc/lua-json/ReleaseNotes-1.0.txt
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/composite.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/number.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/others.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/state.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/state.lua.lua-52
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/strings.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/util.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/array.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/calls.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/number.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/object.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/others.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/output.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/output_utility.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/encode/strings.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/json/util.lua

References

Summary

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