How To Install lua-libs on CentOS 8

lua-libs is Libraries for lua Libraries for lua

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-libs on CentOS 8.

What is `lua-libs`

This package contains the shared libraries for lua. lua-libs 5.3.4 11.el8 i686 134 k lua-5.3.4-11.el8.src.rpm baseos Libraries for lua http MIT This package contains the shared libraries for lua.

We can use yum or dnf to install lua-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-libs.

Install 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 lua-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-libs

Install 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 lua-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lua-libs

How To Uninstall lua-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove lua-libs

lua-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/f1d3025756582831343d5fb7bb38ba0f7beb0b
/usr/lib64/liblua-5.3.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/240c4ea51a74dc15354811cdaab323ede12cf4
/usr/lib/liblua-5.3.so

References

[lua-libs website](http://www.lua.org/ http://www.lua.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.