How To Install lua-rex-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lua-rex-gnu
lua-rex-gnu is:
This package provides bindings for GNU regular expressions to the Lua language. Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2
There are three methods to install lua-rex-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-rex-gnu 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-rex-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-rex-gnu
Install lua-rex-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-rex-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-rex-gnu
Install lua-rex-gnu 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-rex-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-gnu
How To Uninstall lua-rex-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lua-rex-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-gnu
Uninstall lua-rex-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-rex-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rex-gnu
Remove lua-rex-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove lua-rex-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rex-gnu
Remove lua-rex-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-rex-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rex-gnu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
