How To Install compat-lua-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua-libs on CentOS 8.
What is compat-lua-libs
This package contains a compatibility version of the lua-5.1 libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install compat-lua-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-lua-libs.
Install compat-lua-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install compat-lua-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install compat-lua-libs
Install compat-lua-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install compat-lua-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install compat-lua-libs
How To Uninstall compat-lua-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the compat-lua-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove compat-lua-libs
compat-lua-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/9be9f89ab7b7a600124a5dc523251b207444fb
/usr/lib64/liblua-5.1.so
/usr/lib64/lua
/usr/lib64/lua/5.1
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/README
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/contents.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/cover.png
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/logo.gif
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/lua.css
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/lua.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/luac.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/manual.css
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/manual.html
/usr/share/doc/compat-lua-libs/readme.html
/usr/share/lua
/usr/share/lua/5.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.