How To Install python-lupa on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lupa on Debian 10.
What is python-lupa
python-lupa is:
Lupa integrates the runtimes of Lua or LuaJIT2 into CPython. It is a partial rewrite of LunaticPython in Cython with some additional features such as proper coroutine support.
Features:
- separate Lua runtime states through a LuaRuntime class
- Python coroutine wrapper for Lua coroutines
- iteration support for Python objects in Lua and Lua objects in Python
- proper encoding and decoding of strings (configurable per runtime, UTF-8 by default)
- frees the GIL and supports threading in separate runtimes when calling into Lua
- written for LuaJIT2, but also works with the normal Lua interpreter
- easy to hack on and extend as it is written in Cython, not C
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-lupa on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-lupa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-lupa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-lupa
Install python-lupa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-lupa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-lupa
Install python-lupa 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 python-lupa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-lupa
How To Uninstall python-lupa on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-lupa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-lupa
Uninstall python-lupa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-lupa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-lupa
Remove python-lupa Configurations and Data
To remove python-lupa configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-lupa
Remove python-lupa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-lupa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-lupa
Dependencies
python-lupa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lupa package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
