How To Install lua-rex-pcre on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-pcre on Debian 9. lua-rex-pcre is Perl regular expressions library for the Lua language

Introduction

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

What is lua-rex-pcre

lua-rex-pcre is:

This package provides bindings for Perl regular expressions to the Lua language.

There are three methods to install lua-rex-pcre 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-rex-pcre 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-pcre using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-rex-pcre

Install lua-rex-pcre Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-rex-pcre

Install lua-rex-pcre 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-rex-pcre using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-pcre

How To Uninstall lua-rex-pcre on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-pcre

Uninstall lua-rex-pcre And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rex-pcre

Remove lua-rex-pcre Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rex-pcre

Remove lua-rex-pcre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rex-pcre

Dependencies

lua-rex-pcre have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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