How To Install lua-lxc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lxc on Rocky Linux 8. lua-lxc is Lua binding for LXC

Introduction

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

What is lua-lxc

Linux Resource Containers provide process and resource isolation without the overhead of full virtualization. The lua-lxc package contains the Lua binding for LXC.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install lua-lxc

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

sudo yum -y install lua-lxc

How To Uninstall lua-lxc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lua-lxc

lua-lxc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/b0dccf0a76a5a8fa06ebbd619f587b437c5d70
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lxc
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lxc/core.so
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/README
/usr/share/licenses/lua-lxc
/usr/share/licenses/lua-lxc/COPYING
/usr/share/lua/5.3/lxc.lua

References

Summary

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