How To Install lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9. lua-sql-postgres is luasql library for the Lua language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9.

What is lua-sql-postgres

lua-sql-postgres is:

This package contains the luasql library (PostgreSQL backend).

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-sql-postgres

Install lua-sql-postgres Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-sql-postgres

Install lua-sql-postgres 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-sql-postgres using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-sql-postgres

How To Uninstall lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-sql-postgres

Uninstall lua-sql-postgres And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-sql-postgres

Remove lua-sql-postgres Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-sql-postgres

Remove lua-sql-postgres configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-sql-postgres

Dependencies

lua-sql-postgres have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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